# noons

Pronunciation: say "NOONZ" /nuːnz/

## Noun

1. Plural of noon. — plural of noon
   - Simple: Plural of noon. Use this form when talking about more than one midday.
   - _The poet wrote of golden noons spent idle beneath the olive trees._
   - _Travelers came to dread the blazing noons of the desert crossing._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of noon. — third-person singular simple present indicative of noon
   - Simple: The form of noon used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.

## Adverb

3. On a regular basis around midday, day after day at the noon hour.
   - Simple: On most days, around the middle of the day.
   - _Night-shift workers tend to sleep noons and rise as the sun sets._
   - _During harvest, the crew rests noons before returning to the fields._

## Origin

Formed from "noon" plus the suffix "-s".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/noons (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).