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Definition of luncheon noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

luncheon

noun
 
/ˈlʌntʃən/
 
/ˈlʌntʃən/
[countable, uncountable]
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  1. a formal lunch or a formal word for lunch
    • a charity luncheon
    • Luncheon will be served at one, Madam.
    • They met at a literary luncheon.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • buffet
    • annual
    • awards
    • …
    verb + luncheon
    • have
    • attend
    • organize
    • …
    luncheon + noun
    • menu
    • party
    • address
    • …
    preposition
    • at luncheon
    • for luncheon
    • during luncheon
    • …
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    Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘thick piece, hunk’): possibly an extension of obsolete lunch ‘thick piece, hunk’, from Spanish lonja ‘slice’.
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