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Noon

/nuːn/

The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.

📖 Definitions of "Noon"

noun
  1. 1

    The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.

  2. 2

    Time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.

  3. 3

    The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.

    "1885, When night was at its noon I heard a voice chanting the Koran in sweetest accents — Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Night 17:"

  4. 4

    The highest point; culmination.

verb
  1. 1

    To relax or sleep around midday

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