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Collocations for lunch - noun

ADJECTIVE

cold, hot
delicious, lovely (esp. BrE), nice, tasty
gourmet (esp. AmE), hearty, slap-up (BrE)
four-course, three-course, etc.
leisurely, long
quick
informal (esp. BrE)
heavy
healthy, light
sandwich (BrE)
We went for a sandwich lunch at the local bar.
boxed (AmE), brown-bag (AmE), packed, sack (AmE)
picnic
barbecue (esp. BrE), buffet, carvery (BrE)
pub (BrE)
early, late
Sunday (esp. BrE)
annual (esp. BrE)
The society's annual lunch will be held next Wednesday.
business, working
school
literary (BrE)
birthday, celebratory (esp. BrE)
fund-raising (esp. BrE)
boozy (BrE), liquid (= consisting only of alcoholic drinks)
set (esp. BrE)
The restaurant offers a £20 set lunch.

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VERB + lunch

eat, get, grab, have
Do you want to grab some lunch?
do (informal)
Let's do lunch sometime.
cook, fix (esp. AmE), make, prepare
She fixed lunch for the whole family.
order
buy (esp. AmE)
Can I buy you lunch?
bring, serve
skip

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lunch + NOUN

appointment, date, meeting, party (esp. BrE)
break, hour, interval (BrE), period, recess (AmE)
stop
The tour includes a lunch stop.
bag, box, bucket (AmE), pail (AmE), sack (AmE)
tray
counter, table
buffet
hall, room (esp. AmE)
lady (AmE) (dinner lady in BrE)
things (BrE)
I helped wash up the lunch things.
rush (AmE)
crowd
The lunch crowd was filtering in slowly.
line (AmE), queue (BrE)
guest
money
menu
club (esp. BrE)
spot
bell

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PHRASES

a spot of lunch (BrE)
Come and have a spot of lunch with me.

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