noon

noon

noon [noon noons]   [nuːn]    [nuːn]  noun uncountable
12 o'clock in the middle of the day
Syn:  midday
• We should be there by noon.
• The conference opens at 12 noon on Saturday.
• the noon deadline for the end of hostilities
• I'm leaving on the noon train.
• the glaring light of high noon
see morning, noon and night at  morning  
Word Origin:
Old English nōn ‘the ninth hour from sunrise, i.e. approximately 3 p.m.’, from Latin nona (hora) ‘ninth hour’.  
Example Bank:
• the glaring light of high noon
• I'm leaving on the noon train.

• We arrived at high noon.