NOON
\nˈuːn], \nˈuːn], \n_ˈuː_n]\
Definitions of NOON
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Of or pertaining to noon; meridional; as, the midday sun.
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The middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime.
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Hence, the highest point; culmination.
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To take rest and refreshment at noon.
By Oddity Software
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Of or pertaining to noon; meridional; as, the midday sun.
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The middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime.
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Hence, the highest point; culmination.
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To take rest and refreshment at noon.
By Noah Webster.
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The middle of the day: twelve o'clock; height or time of greatest brilliancy or power; as, the noon of life.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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(orig.) The ninth hour of the day, or three o'clock p.m.: afterwards (the church service for the ninth hour being shifted to mid-day) mid-day: twelve o'clock: middle: height.
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Belonging to mid-day: meridional.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Happening at noon; meridional.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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