lunchroom

«lunchroom» in Mova's school dictionary: a room in a school or workplace where people eat lunch — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a lunchroom, lunchrooms)

meaning for a pupil

A lunchroom is a room in a school or workplace where people eat lunch. tree →

sense in the lessons

Mainly American and Canadian; British schools more often say "dinner hall", "canteen" or "dining hall", and Australian schools often eat outside. Rules in the lunchroom: wash hands, line up, clean up your tray. Phrases: "lunchroom monitor", "eat in the lunchroom".

examples

• We eat our sandwiches in the lunchroom. tree →
• The lunchroom gets very noisy at twelve o'clock. tree →
• Please put your tray back in the lunchroom. tree →
• Mrs Jones is the lunchroom monitor today. tree →
• The workers have a small lunchroom with a fridge. tree →
• No running in the lunchroom! tree →

note

Countable, one word: lunchroom. Similar words: cafeteria, canteen, dining hall.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «lunchroom» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.