noon

About 8.39 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The time of day when the Sun seems to reach its highest point in the sky; solar noon.

   On Saturdays, I love to have a lie-in until noon.

2. noun The mean time of solar noon, marked as twelve o'clock on most clocks.
3. noun The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.
4. noun The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.
5. noun The highest point; culmination.
6. verb To relax or sleep around midday.
7. noun The letter ن in the Arabic script.

Similar words

noonday high noon midday noontide twelve noon midnight afternoon morning midmorning evening

Often followed by

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Word family

noons