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# luncheon

«luncheon» in Mova's school dictionary: **a lunch, especially a formal one for a group or special…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a luncheon, luncheons); luncheon meat

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) A luncheon is a lunch, especially a formal one for a group or special event. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luncheon/#m1)

2) Luncheon meat is cooked, pressed meat sold in tins or slices, often called Spam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luncheon/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In formal invitations and old stories: "A luncheon will be served." In everyday talk say "lunch". Phrases: luncheon party, charity luncheon, luncheon voucher, luncheon meat.

### examples

- The mayor held a luncheon for the winners. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luncheon/#x1)
- A luncheon will be served in the hall at one o'clock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luncheon/#x2)
- Grandma made sandwiches with luncheon meat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luncheon/#x3)
- The ladies met for a charity luncheon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luncheon/#x4)
- The luncheon had three courses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luncheon/#x5)
- The queen invited guests to luncheon. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luncheon/#x6)
- ‘What has his highness ordered for luncheon?’ asked the head cook. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luncheon/#x7)

### note

Formal and old-fashioned; "lunch" is the short everyday word. Countable. Pronounced LUN-chun.

### In the corpora

- [He orders «the best luncheon that could be provided at so short a notice» and eats in the coffee-room.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «luncheon» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/luncheon/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.