noun
Meaning 1
A room designated as a place to eat lunch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Company policy was to eat snacks only in the lunchroom.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
lunchroom
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈlʌnt͡ʃˌɹum/
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CMU ARPABET: L AH1 N CH R UW2 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A diner or small restaurant that serves lunch.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I don't know how they stay in business serving only lunch, but the lunchroom on the corner is cheap and fast so I like it.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a restaurant (in a facility) where lunch can be purchased
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: restaurant, eating house, eating place, eatery
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English lunch Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-? Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH-der. Proto-Germanic *rūmą Proto-West Germanic *rūm Old English rūm Middle English roum English room English lunchroom From lunch + room.