noon

noun

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

The mean time of solar noon, marked as twelve o'clock on most clocks.

(figurative) The highest point; culmination.

The letter ن in the Arabic script.

(countable) An ethnic people who occupy western Senegal.

(uncountable) The language of these people.

A surname.

(now rare) The corresponding time in the middle of the night; midnight.

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

verb

(intransitive) To relax or sleep around midday.

Roots

nonanoon- · Latin · ninth hour

Synonyms for noon

noontiden middayn noondayn noontimen

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