lunchroom
/ˈlʌnt͡ʃˌɹum/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A room designated as a place to eat lunch.
noun
A diner or small restaurant that serves lunch.
Example Sentences
- "Company policy was to eat snacks only in the lunchroom."
- "Kraft Heinz said the new products will be available nationwide to all school administrators to procure and offer to students either for purchase in the lunchroom – though the company did not disclose the cost to schools – or for free through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP)."
- "Lunchables, made by Kraft Heinz, took its packaged ready-to-eat kids meals directly into K-12 school lunchrooms nationwide through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) for the first time last year."
- "I don't know how they stay in business serving only lunch, but the lunchroom on the corner is cheap and fast so I like it."
Etymology
Etymology tree English lunch Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-? Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH-der. Proto-Germanic *rūmą Proto-West Germanic *rūm Old English rūm Middle English roum English room English lunchroom From lunch + room.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlʌnt͡ʃˌɹum/