noonday

American  

[noon-day] / ˈnunˌdeɪ /

adjective

1. of or at noon or midday.

   the usual noonday meal.

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noun

1. midday; noon.

noonday British  

/ ˈnuːnˌdeɪ /

noun

1. 1. the middle of the day; noon

   2. ( as modifier )

      the noonday sun

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Etymology

Origin of noonday

First recorded in 1525–35; noon + day

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Example Sentences

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noonday

I pushed my mower out in the noonday sun right alongside the men — and one woman — in my neighborhood.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2022

The sheep were offering a symphony of guttural bleats punctuated with hollow tongs from bells dangling round their necks as Mr. Rogers and the dogs directed them toward a noonday water break.

From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2021

Klein is standing barefoot on Alucia’s top deck in cargo shorts and a faded MC5 t-shirt, squinting in the noonday sun.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 12, 2018

Cape Town, South Africa, has been shooting off its noon gun since 1806, and Hong Kong's noonday cannons first began firing in the 1860s, about the time a similar tradition took hold in Edinburgh, Scotland.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2016

“What creature,” the Sphinx asked him, “goes on four feet in the morning, on two at noonday, on three in the evening?”

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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