{
    "term": "lunch",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a meal eaten in the middle of the day",
            "sensetop": "for lunchover lunch",
            "labels": "(especially British English)(British English)(especially North American English)(especially British English)(North American English)British EnglishBritish English",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She's gone to lunch."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm ready for some lunch."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I always **eat/have lunch** at my desk."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What shall we have for lunch?",
                    "contextForm": "for lunch"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Lopez suggested they meet over lunch *(= at or during lunchtime)*.",
                    "contextForm": "over lunch"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We serve hot and cold lunches."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a one-hour **lunch break**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Let's do lunch** *(= have lunch together)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Christmas/Sunday lunch"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a picnic/buffet lunch"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We had a pub lunch *(= lunch in a pub)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Come and have a spot of lunch with me."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you want to grab some lunch?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I helped wash up the lunch things."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He fixed lunch for the whole family."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The lunch crowd was filtering in slowly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The restaurant offers a £20 set lunch."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The society's annual lunch will be held next Wednesday."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The tour includes a lunch stop."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We went for a sandwich lunch at the local bar."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Cooking and eating"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["cold", "hot", "delicious"],
                "verb + lunch": ["eat", "get", "grab"],
                "lunch + noun": ["appointment", "date", "meeting"],
                "phrases": ["a spot of lunch"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "behaving in a strange or confused way",
            "labels": "(especially North American English, informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that it is not possible to get something for nothing",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/lʌntʃ/",
                "audio": "lu/lunch/lunch__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/lʌntʃ/",
                "audio": "lu/lunch/lunch__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "early 19th cent.: abbreviation of luncheon."
}