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lunchroom

[luhnch-room, -room] / ˈlʌntʃˌrum, -ˌrʊm /


NOUN
cafeteria
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We were mostly in this large conference room, like a church lunchroom, with tons of long tables in the middle, with these little semiprivate consult rooms off to the side.

From Slate Feb. 2, 2026

So if I cut class and I’m in the lunchroom, I’m writing lyrics.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 3, 2024

At Mankato West High School, years before he joined the political scene, a young Mr Walz taught geography and social studies, supervised the lunchroom and coached the football team.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2024

Around 11:40 on a cool spring day in early April, students began to stream into the lunchroom at Haleyville High School in Alabama.

From New York Times Apr. 25, 2024

Besides, in the lunchroom, even Omi had accused Zara of not thinking about my feelings.

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee

The town’s cafes feel like high school lunchrooms, with people wandering between tables to say hello.

From Seattle Times Jan. 27, 2022

Tokhi made his first American friends in the warehouse lunchrooms.

From New York Times Feb. 18, 2021

Walking that day past my old school, now greatly enlarged with lunchrooms, playgrounds, libraries and computers, I wondered about the changes.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2018

Unfortunately, though, the same attitude that led to gamers being bullied in the hallways of high school lunchrooms has not entirely left our culture.

From Salon Aug. 28, 2018

The big hotels were far too costly but there were several pretty lunchrooms, "The Bird of Paradise," "The London Tearoom," and, most popular of all, "The Ladies Exchange."

From Saturday's Child by Kathleen Thompson Norris




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