lunch

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ cold, hot

▪ delicious, lovely (esp. BrE), nice, tasty

▪ gourmet (esp. AmE), hearty, slap-up (BrE)

▪ four-course, three-course, etc.

▪ leisurely, long

▪ quick

▪ informal (esp. BrE)

▪ heavy

▪ healthy, light

▪ sandwich (BrE)

▪

We went for a sandwich lunch at the local bar.

▪ boxed (AmE), brown-bag (AmE), packed, sack (AmE)

▪ picnic

▪ barbecue (esp. BrE), buffet, carvery (BrE)

▪ pub (BrE)

▪ early, late

▪ Sunday (esp. BrE)

▪ annual (esp. BrE)

▪

The society's annual lunch will be held next Wednesday.

▪ business, working

▪ school

▪ literary (BrE)

▪ birthday, celebratory (esp. BrE)

▪ fund-raising (esp. BrE)

▪ boozy (BrE), liquid (= consisting only of alcoholic drinks)

▪ set (esp. BrE)

▪

The restaurant offers a £20 set lunch.

VERB + LUNCH

▪ eat, get, grab, have

▪

Do you want to grab some lunch?

▪ do (informal)

▪

Let's do lunch sometime.

▪ cook, fix (esp. AmE), make, prepare

▪

She fixed lunch for the whole family.

▪ order

▪ buy (esp. AmE)

▪

Can I buy you lunch?

▪ bring, serve

▪ skip

LUNCH + NOUN

▪ appointment, date, meeting, party (esp. BrE)

▪ break, hour, interval (BrE), period, recess (AmE)

▪ stop

▪

The tour includes a lunch stop.

▪ bag, box, bucket (AmE), pail (AmE), sack (AmE)

▪ tray

▪ counter, table

▪ buffet

▪ hall, room (esp. AmE)

▪ lady (AmE) (dinner lady in BrE)

▪ things (BrE)

▪

I helped wash up the lunch things.

▪ rush (AmE)

▪ crowd

▪

The lunch crowd was filtering in slowly.

▪ line (AmE), queue (BrE)

▪ guest

▪ money

▪ menu

▪ club (esp. BrE)

▪ spot

▪ bell

PHRASES

▪ a spot of lunch (BrE)

▪

Come and have a spot of lunch with me.