Other forms: lunchtimes
Lunchtime is the part of the day when the midday meal is eaten. Roughly noon to two, depending on the country.
It structures the working day, and lunchtime meetings, a lunchtime concert and a lunchtime drink are all standard. Britain has largely lost the long lunch, and eating at a desk is now normal, which is a genuine cultural change within living memory. The word is one word. There is a mildly disapproving British phrase in a three-bottle lunch, which nobody has any more.
1nounlunchtimeThe period in the middle of the day when lunch is eaten.
“We can talk about it at lunchtime.”
From lunch + time.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA