NOON

/nuːn/

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N(1) O(1) O(1) N(1)

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Definition

/nuːn/

noun

The ninth hour of the day counted from sunrise; around three o'clock in the afternoon.
Time of day when the sun is in its zenith; twelve o'clock in the day, midday.
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:”