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1twelve noon — noun the middle of the day • Syn: ↑noon, ↑high noon, ↑midday, ↑noonday, ↑noontide • Hypernyms: ↑hour, ↑time of day • Part Holonyms: ↑ …
2noon — [n] the middle of a day apex, high noon, meridian, midday, noonday, noontide, noontime, twelve noon, twelve o’clock; concepts 801,802,806 Ant. midnight …
3noon — noun the bank closes at noon Syn: midday, twelve o clock, twelve hundred hours, twelve noon, high noon, noon hour, noonday; literary noontime, noontide …
4noon — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. noontime, midday, noonday, lunchtime. See chronometry. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. noontime, noontide, noonday, midday, twelve noon, high noon, meridian, noon hour; see also time 1 , 2 . III (Roget s 3… …
5noon — noun Syn: midday, twelve o clock, twelve hundred hours, twelve noon, high noon, noonday …
6Noon — (n[=oo]n), n. [AS. n[=o]n, orig., the ninth hour, fr. L. nona (sc. hora) the ninth hour, then applied to the church services (called nones) at that hour, the time of which was afterwards changed to noon. See {Nine}, and cf. {Nones}, {Nunchion}.]… …
7Noon of night — Noon Noon (n[=oo]n), n. [AS. n[=o]n, orig., the ninth hour, fr. L. nona (sc. hora) the ninth hour, then applied to the church services (called nones) at that hour, the time of which was afterwards changed to noon. See {Nine}, and cf. {Nones},… …
8noon — [ nun ] noun uncount ** twelve o clock in the middle of the day: They both slept until noon. We should be there by noon. => MORNING1 …
9noon — [no͞on] n. [ME < OE non, orig., the ninth hour (by the Roman method, reckoning from sunrise: i.e., 3 p.m.) < L nona (hora), ninth (hour) < novem, NINE] 1. twelve o clock in the daytime; midday 2. the highest point or culmination 3. Rare… …
10twelve-hour clock — noun A method of reckoning time by two successive periods of twelve hours, beginning again at 1 after 12 noon • • • Main Entry: ↑twelve …