Meaning & use

noon

noun·Everyday

Twelve o'clock in the middle of the day; midday.

See it in a sentence

We agreed to meet for lunch at noon outside the library.

By noon, the temperature had already climbed above ninety degrees.

A note on using this word

Noon refers only to midday; 'midnight' is the equivalent term for the exact middle of the night.

Words with a similar meaning

midday

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