What does "noon" mean?

Noon: The middle of the day; midday; the time when the sun is in the meridian; twelve o'clock in the daytime.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Hence, the highest point; culmination. In the very noon of that brilliant life which was destined to be so soon, and so fatally, overshadowed. Motley. High noon, the exact meridian; midday. -- Noon of night, midnight. [Poetic] Dryden.
  2. 3.Belonging to midday; occurring at midday; meridional. Young.
  3. 4.To take rest and refreshment at noon.

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