noontime

[ noon-tahym ]

noun

1. noon; noontide; noonday:

   Will he be home at noontime?

noontime

/ ˈnuːnˌtaɪm /

noun

1. 1. the middle of the day; noon
   2. ( as modifier )

      a noontime drink

Word History and Origins

Origin of noontime¹

First recorded in 1350–1400, noontime is from Middle English none tyme. See noon, time

Example Sentences

Scattered throughout the graves proudly marked with miniature American flags fluttering in the bright noontime sunlight, I observed families, loved ones, and friends who had come to honor their fallen.

From Washington Blade

On May 5, he sat with Frank in the solarium and listened expectantly to Gary Null’s noontime radio show.

From The Daily Beast

Ohio State officials confirmed Saturday that they could have gone ahead with their noontime game at Illinois but thought it prudent to cancel.

From Washington Post

Perhaps it was the noontime trysts he was arranging at a nearby 59th Street hotel and expensing to the network.

From The Daily Beast

If he had the money, he could catch a train before noontime and reach the mountain by the middle of the afternoon.

From Project Gutenberg

Martha served coffee and buttermilk-pop at break-time, and presided over noontime feasts, served in several sittings, in the tent.

From Project Gutenberg

Every noontime for two weeks this scene was enacted, to the vast delight of a simple, childish people.

From Project Gutenberg

The Governor thought the evening affair should be in Austin, and that we should hit Dallas around noontime.

From Project Gutenberg

The true hour for Chartres is not at noontime, when the tourists flock to the empty church, but in the morning with the dawn.

From Project Gutenberg