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🌞 To rest at noon 🌞 A midday rest
nooning

nooning

9.9
A short rest with a meal at midday
  • noun
  • /ˈnuːnɪŋ/
  • Archaic
translation icon : almuerzo
  • During the nooning, the workers enjoyed their lunch.

Examples

  • The workers took a break for their nooning, enjoying sandwiches under the shade of the trees.

  • In older times, a nooning was a welcome pause from the day's labor.

  • The farmers gathered in the field for their nooning before returning to work.

  • During the long journey, the travelers enjoyed a brief nooning by the river.

  • He always took a nooning under the old oak tree.

  • During the long journey, the travelers found a quiet spot to have their nooning and rest from the heat.

  • In the old days, many farmers looked forward to their nooning, sharing a meal with friends at midday.

Synonyms

lunch
vsnooning
∞ 1.0

A meal in the middle of the day

also denotes a mid-day rest and has older worker or traveler usage
lunchtime
vsnooning
75 1.0

The usual time of day when people eat lunch

refers to an actual rest or meal at noon, not just the time

How Long

lunch
∞ 1.0
nooning
  • Archaic
9.9
snack
471 1.0

Surface Forms

nooning singular
noonings plural

Morphology

nooning = noon (semi-transparent) = noon + ing

The word is formed from 'noon' + '-ing', but the specific sense of a midday rest or meal is historical and somewhat lexicalized.

Etymology

Nooning comes from the familiar word noon, which long ago meant the 'ninth hour' and later came to mean the 'midday' time. So a nooning was the short rest or meal people took at midday.