A period in the middle of the day, when people stop work to have lunch.
I went for a walk on my lunch break
Example sentencesExamples
- I'll drive 20 minutes to work, take my one-hour lunch break, be home at a decent hour, and get seven hours of sleep each night.
- Employees made use of the courtyard for their lunch breaks, eating their meals and enjoying the view of a fountain.
- He keeps to himself and reads Catcher in the Rye during his lunch breaks.
- They are entitled to a standard lunch break of one hour during the day.
- I once had an employee who made personal calls on her lunch break.