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noonmeat

noonmeat noun: a midday meal (especially including meat).

Noun

noonmeat (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, rare) A midday meal (especially including meat).
    • At this she clapped a savory conserve into the pouch, directing me not to show it till our halt for noonmeat.1914, Alber Hale Plumb, When Mayflowers Blossom: A Romance of Plymouth's First Years, page 337

Forms of noonmeat

alternative formnonemeat

Origin of noonmeat

From Old English nōnmete, equivalent to noon + meat.

Questions about noonmeat

What does noonmeat mean?
Noonmeat means a midday meal (especially including meat).
What part of speech is noonmeat?
Noonmeat is a noun.

Words near noonmeat in the dictionary

  1. noonkanbahite
  2. noonlight
  3. noonly
  4. noonmark
  5. noonmarks
  6. noonmeat
  7. noons
  8. noons of night
  9. noonshine
  10. noonsie
  11. noonsies

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