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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunchtime/#m1)

2) At school, lunchtime is the break in the middle of the day for eating and playing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunchtime/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunchtime/#x1)
- We play football at lunchtime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunchtime/#x2)
- Wash your hands before lunchtime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunchtime/#x3)
- The chess club meets at lunchtime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunchtime/#x4)
- I'll finish my project by lunchtime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunchtime/#x5)
- Lunchtime is from 12:15 to 1:15. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunchtime/#x6)
- The lunchtime supervisor blew the whistle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lunchtime/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/367-wimp-scaredy-cat-and-other-labels/1/)
- [She asked Maddie for help — and Maddie taught her, every lunchtime for a month.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/380-maddie-and-chloes-plaits/14/)
- [Then he went in goal for the Year 3s' lunchtime match, dived full length in the mud and saved a penalty.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/385-respect-how-it-is-earned/1/)
- [One wet lunchtime a fight broke out at the back of the classroom.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/386-lily-the-calm-princess/2/)
- [Every lunchtime the table talked about one thing: the new game.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/399-left-out-without-a-console/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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