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prelunch

prelunch adjective: before lunch.

Adjective

prelunch (not comparable)

  1. before lunch
    • He sampled state fair delicacies — a vanilla milkshake for a prelunch snack, followed by a sausage sandwich with peppers and onions.2009 August 28, Jeremy W. Peters, “Crowds, Butter Sculpture and No Polls: State Fair Is a Pick-Me-Up for Paterson”, in New York Times

Origin of prelunch

From pre- + lunch.

Questions about prelunch

What does prelunch mean?
Prelunch means before lunch.
What part of speech is prelunch?
Prelunch is an adjective.

Words near prelunch in the dictionary

  1. preludizes
  2. preludizing
  3. prelumbar
  4. prelumirhodopsin
  5. prelunate
  6. prelunch
  7. preluncheon
  8. prelusion
  9. prelusions
  10. prelusive
  11. prelusively

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