lunchroom
[luhnch-room, -roo m]
noun
a room, as in a school, where light meals or snacks can be bought or where food brought from home may be eaten.
a luncheonette.
Origin of lunchroom
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Related Words for lunchroom
bar, diner, joint, inn, outlet, saloon, cafeteria, bistro, booth, grill, hideaway, dive, canteen, chophouse, eatery, pizzeria, drive-in, tearoom, commissary, dumpExamples from the Web for lunchroom
Contemporary Examples of lunchroom
Then, a joke was rewriting the lunchroom menu to include "scrambled snails" and “fried ants.”
Doug Kenney: The Odd Comic Genius Behind ‘Animal House’ and National LampoonRobert Sam Anson
March 1, 2014
Sometimes, the kids would make fun of Mrs. Johnston in the lunchroom, that she cried in class and everything.
Historical Examples of lunchroom
Then I went into a lunchroom for ham and eggs and a huge cup of coffee.
The HarborErnest Poole
The girls have taken great interest in their lunchroom cookery.
The Making of a Trade SchoolMary Schenck Woolman
As I entered the lunchroom to-day the chairs were so placed that there was no room for me.
Crimes of CharityKonrad Bercovici
The club was started as a lunchroom for American business women.
Ways of War and PeaceDelia Austrian
When the looms give up, send men and women to the lunchroom.
The Measure of a ManAmelia Edith Huddleston Barr
lunchroom
noun
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