breakfast

[ brek-fuhst ]
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noun
  1. the first meal of the day; morning meal: A hearty breakfast was served at 7 a.m.

  2. the food eaten at the first meal of the day: a breakfast of bacon and eggs.

verb (used without object)
  1. to eat breakfast: He breakfasted on bacon and eggs.

verb (used with object)
  1. to supply with breakfast: We breakfasted the author in the finest restaurant.

Origin of breakfast

1
First recorded in 1425–75, breakfast is from the late Middle English word brekfast.See break, fast2

Other words from breakfast

  • break·fast·er, noun
  • break·fast·less, adjective
  • post·break·fast, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for breakfast

breakfast

/ (ˈbrɛkfəst) /


noun
    • the first meal of the day

    • (as modifier): breakfast cereal; a breakfast room

  1. the food at this meal

  1. (in the Caribbean) a midday meal

verb
  1. to eat or supply with breakfast

Origin of breakfast

1
C15: from break + fast ²

Derived forms of breakfast

  • breakfaster, noun

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