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I definitely think we should not serve alcoholic beverages at the lunch break.
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Meaning of "lunch break" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LUNCH BREAK

lunch break  [lʌntʃ breɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LUNCH BREAK

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lunch break is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LUNCH BREAK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

lunch break

Break (work)

A break at work is a period of time during a shift in which an employee is allowed to take time off from his/her job. There are different types of breaks, and depending on the length and the employer's policies, the break may or may not be paid. Meal breaks or lunch breaks usually range from 30 minutes to one hour. Their purpose is to allow the employee to have a meal that is regularly scheduled during the work day. For a typical daytime job, this is lunch, but this may vary for those with other work hours. It is not uncommon for this break to be unpaid, and for the entire work day from start to finish to be longer than the number of hours paid in order to accommodate this time. In the United Kingdom the law states that employers are legally required to provide at least a 10-minute break for every four consecutive hours worked and that a person must not work more than four hours in succession. When working in a restaurant environment, staff can be required to work up to six hours straight before having a break but must be given at least 20 minutes break for each six hours worked.

Definition of lunch break in the English dictionary

The definition of lunch break in the dictionary is a time in the middle of the day when you stop work and eat lunch.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LUNCH BREAK


brake
breɪk
break
breɪk
canebrake
ˈkeɪnˌbreɪk
corncrake
ˈkɔːnˌkreɪk
daybreak
ˈdeɪˌbreɪk
drake
dreɪk
firebreak
ˈfaɪəˌbreɪk
handbrake
ˈhændˌbreɪk
heartbreak
ˈhɑːtˌbreɪk
housebreak
ˈhaʊsˌbreɪk
jailbreak
ˈdʒeɪlˌbreɪk
make-or-break
ˌmeɪkəˈbreɪk
mandrake
ˈmændreɪk
mini-break
ˈmɪnɪbreɪk
newsbreak
ˈnjuːzbreɪk
outbreak
ˈaʊtˌbreɪk
rake
reɪk
sheldrake
ˈʃɛlˌdreɪk
strake
streɪk
windbreak
ˈwɪndˌbreɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LUNCH BREAK

lunatic
lunatic asylum
lunatic fringe
lunatically
lunation
lunch
lunch box
lunch hour
lunchbox
luncheon
luncheon basket
luncheon club
luncheon meat
luncheon voucher
luncheonette
luncher
lunchmeat
lunchpail
lunchroom
lunchtime

WORDS THAT END LIKE LUNCH BREAK

career break
city break
coffee break
commercial break
freak
gaolbreak
halterbreak
leg break
lucky break
make or break
March break
off break
page break
parbreak
price break
service break
station break
tax break
tea break
tie-break
wordbreak

Synonyms and antonyms of lunch break in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lunch break» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LUNCH BREAK

Find out the translation of lunch break to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lunch break from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lunch break» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

午休时间
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pausa para comer
570 millions of speakers

English

lunch break
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लंच ब्रेक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

اِسْتِرَاحَةُ غَدَاْءٍ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обеденный перерыв
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

intervalo para o almoço
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

দুপুরের খাবার বিরতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pause déjeuner
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rehat tengah hari
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mittagspause
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

昼休み
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

점심시간
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lunch break
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giờ nghỉ trưa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மதிய உணவு இடைவேளை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुपारच्या जेवणाची सुटी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

öğlen arası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

intervallo del pranzo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przerwa obiadowa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

обідня перерва
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pauză de masă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διάλειμμα για φαγητό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

middagete
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lunchrast
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lunsjpause
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lunch break

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LUNCH BREAK»

The term «lunch break» is quite widely used and occupies the 34.273 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LUNCH BREAK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lunch break

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3 QUOTES WITH «LUNCH BREAK»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word lunch break.
1
Angela Kinsey
I bring my bike to work, and I make laps around our parking lot on my lunch break.
2
Mark Romanek
Here's my tip: Have your production hire the best hair stylists on the planet to do your films and commercials, then casually hint about how great it would be to get a trim during lunch break.
3
McLean Stevenson
I definitely think we should not serve alcoholic beverages at the lunch break.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LUNCH BREAK»

Discover the use of lunch break in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lunch break and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sharon Lockhart: Lunch Break
Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, Mo. (Feb. 5-Apr. 19, 2010); Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, Me. (July 10-Oct. 17, 2010); and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ...
Sabine Eckmann, Jane E. Neidhardt, 2010
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Lunch Break Blogging: Maintaining a Blog in 30 Minutes a Day
Maintaining a Blog in 30 Minutes a Day Jenna Inouye. LUNCH BREAK BLOGGING MAINTAINING A BLOG IN 30 MINUTES A DAY [EA/NA [N0 UYE COPYRIGHT NOTICE Lunch Break Blogging: Maintaining a Blog in 30 Front Cover.
Jenna Inouye
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Instant Beauty: Getting Gorgeous on Your Lunch Break
The good news is that medicine has caught up to our needs. Today instant beauty is available to everyone who has no more than a lunch break to fix this, to alter that and get the looks they've always wanted. How is this possible?
Deborah S. Sarnoff, Robert H. Gotkin, M.D., Joan Swirsky, 2002
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Pran
5
Nursing Against the Odds: How Health Care Cost Cutting, ...
"On 63 percent of shifts, nurses didn't get a lunch break or a break relieved of patient care. They may have had a lunch break but they spent it answering call lights. Ten percent of these nurses didn't get lunch breaks at all, no matter how long ...
Suzanne Gordon, 2005
6
Perspectives in Operations Research: Papers in Honor of Saul ...
The accounting for lunch breaks in a daily schedule is tricky and is subject to local practices, since it appears that different local sort facilities can have their own lunch break rules. The duration of the lunch break can be a function of the ...
Frank B. Alt, Michael C. Fu, Bruce L. Golden, 2006
7
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning for the CAT
Before the lunch break, 3 of these five spent 3 hours in the office, but after lunch break only one person spent 3 hours in the office. None left for lunch break before 1 p.m. Every one spent 7 hours, including lunch break in the office. One person ...
Time, 2010
8
Logicals für den Englischunterricht: Rätsel für die 5./6. ...
Read, fill in the table and find out: Possiblesolution:5–2–7–4–9–8–1 –3–6 Who is going on the swing in the lunch break? John name Lexi John Finlay Georgia Theo morning break playing with the skipping rope playing cops and robbers ...
Jessica Gherri, 2012
9
Successful Freelance Court Reporting
On jobs that are not all-day jobs, many attorneys feel that if they skip taking a lunch break, everyone can get out of the deposition sooner. Although this practice is good in theory, oftentimes their promise that "It should only be another hour" is ...
Dana Chipkin, 2001
10
Team Toyota: Transplanting the Toyota Culture to the Camry ...
Work continues until 1 1 :00 A.M. when the line shuts down for the forty-five- minute lunch break. Lunch can be eaten in one of the Toyota cafeterias, the group break room, or team members can run out and pick up food at a neighboring ...
Terry L. Besser, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LUNCH BREAK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lunch break is used in the context of the following news items.
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Vanquishing fat on your lunch break | abc30.com
Vanquishing fat on your lunch break. Vanquishing fat on your lunch break. If you didn't quite reach your goal to slim down before summer, ... «ABC30.com, Jul 15»
2
Stephen Colbert Joins Your Lunch Break With New Web Series
Stephen Colbert is still more than a month away from returning to TV, but in the interstitial period between his departure from The Colbert ... «Tubefilter, Jul 15»
3
Would you try the 'lunch-hour' hair transplant like Calum Best …
A quick lunch break, then it was part two: the implantation. The surgeon collected around 10,000 grafts. Mr Draper said the procedure was 'pain ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
4
Koenigsegg's Record Attempt At Spa Was Stopped By Stupid Belgium
After the lunch break, the One:1 looked ready to hit the track if a man with a sound meter confirmed that the modifications worked. Said man ... «Jalopnik, Jul 15»
5
Police officer saves man's pet snake on Harbor Bridge - Caller-Times
... with a Doberman he rescued in December 2012 when he pulled the distressed animal from the water at Cole Park during his lunch break. «Corpus Christi Caller-Times, Jul 15»
6
How Amy Schumer pranked Judd Apatow on the set of 'Trainwreck …
The production stopped for a 30-minute lunch break. Schumer had pre-ordered food for expediency's sake at a nearby restaurant and she, her ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jul 15»
7
8 things you only know if you work in Cardiff - Wales Online
You could bump into a timelord on your lunch break in Cardiff ... Fancy a stroll around a medieval castle in your lunch break? Well if you work in ... «WalesOnline, Jul 15»
8
Lunch Break Flashback - Ethan and Don Cash
On Thursday's edition of The Day's “Live Lunch Break” concert series, we featured the music of hometowner Ethan Cash, recent winner of a ... «theday.com, Jul 15»
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Ethan Cash entertains Thursday for The Day's 'Live Lunch Break
Rick Koster. Live Lunch Break, noon Thursday, Hygienic Art Park, 79 Bank St., New London; free; theday.com. Previous Article · Next Article. «theday.com, Jul 15»
10
Wales man trains seagull to TAP DANCE on his lunch break by …
Whether it involves swooping down onto an unsuspecting tourist's sandwich, or hiding in the hope of scavenging some scraps, the birds how to ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Lunch break [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/lunch-break>. May 2024 ».
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