noon
1 n-uncount Noon is twelve o'clock in the middle of the day.
oft prep N
(=midday)
The long day of meetings started at noon..., Our branches are open from 9am to 5pm during the week and until 12 noon on Saturdays.
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high noon
2 adj Noon means happening or appearing in the middle part of the day.
ADJ n
(=midday)
The noon sun was fierce..., He expected the transfer to go through by today's noon deadline.
3 →
morning, noon, and night →
morning
high noon
1 n-uncount High noon means the same as noon.
LITERARY
2 n-uncount Journalists sometimes use high noon to refer to a crisis or event which is likely to decide finally what is going to happen in a conflict or situation.
usu with supp, oft N for/of n
It looks like high noon for the nation's movie theaters, now we are in the age of the home video.