lunchtime

«lunchtime» in Mova's school dictionary: the time in the middle of the day when people eat lunch — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (lunchtime, lunchtimes)

meaning for a pupil

1) Lunchtime is the time in the middle of the day when people eat lunch. tree →

2) At school, lunchtime is the break in the middle of the day for eating and playing. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school life lunchtime includes eating a packed lunch or school dinner, then playing outside; pupils wash hands before eating, queue politely and tidy up. Lunchtime clubs happen then. In maths pupils work out how long lunchtime lasts from start and end times. Phrases: at lunchtime, lunchtime club, by lunchtime, lunchtime supervisor.

examples

• See you at lunchtime! tree →
• We play football at lunchtime. tree →
• Wash your hands before lunchtime. tree →
• The chess club meets at lunchtime. tree →
• I'll finish my project by lunchtime. tree →
• Lunchtime is from 12:15 to 1:15. tree →
• The lunchtime supervisor blew the whistle. tree →

note

One word: lunch + time (sometimes «lunch time»). «At lunchtime» (with «at»). Maths: lunchtime from 12:15 to 1:15 lasts one hour — count from the start time to the end time. In the USA the school break is often called «lunch» or «lunch period».

In the corpora

• By lunchtime half the class is saying it.
• She asked Maddie for help — and Maddie taught her, every lunchtime for a month.
• Then he went in goal for the Year 3s' lunchtime match, dived full length in the mud and saved a penalty.
• One wet lunchtime a fight broke out at the back of the classroom.
• Every lunchtime the table talked about one thing: the new game.

Trees and pragmatics

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