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[ brek-fuhst ] / ˈbrɛk fəst / SEE SYNONYMS FOR breakfast ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe first meal of the day; morning meal: A hearty breakfast was served at 7 a.m. the food eaten at the first meal of the day: a breakfast of bacon and eggs. verb (used without object)to eat breakfast: He breakfasted on bacon and eggs. verb (used with object)to supply with breakfast: We breakfasted the author in the finest restaurant. Origin of breakfastFirst recorded in 1425–75, breakfast is from the late Middle English word brekfast.See break, fast2 OTHER WORDS FROM breakfastbreak·fast·er, nounbreak·fast·less, adjectivepost·break·fast, adjectiveWords nearby breakfastbreakerless ignition, breaker zone, break-even, breakeven chart, break-even point, breakfast, breakfast club, breakfast food, break feeding, breakfront, break ground Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for breakfastThere were stomachs, taut and flat, but also undulating bellies, soft and bloated from the breakfast buffet. Powerful Congressman Writes About ‘Fleshy Breasts’|Asawin Suebsaeng|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST For Paul, the thrill of breakfast with the Reverend, may be giving way to the taste of burnt toast. GOP Won’t Forgive Rand for Cop Critique|Lloyd Green|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST But I live near really smart, thoughtful people who take writing very seriously, and I can meet them for breakfast and talk books. The Veteran Who Took Home the National Book Award|Jacob Siegel|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST One hundred meters from the entrance to the Korengal we stop for breakfast. Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban Valley|Matt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast has a tendency to lose its guests in the middle of the night. Would You Stay in Lizzie Borden’s Ax-Murder House?|Nina Strochlic|October 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST Breakfast over, each individual disposes of himself as best accords with inclination or interest. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure.|John S. Springer I met the Ohio statesman one morning at breakfast, after hearing him the night before. Eighty Years And More; Reminiscences 1815-1897|Elizabeth Cady Stanton When breakfast was over, we commenced our return to camp, taking with us our prisoner and captured property. Four Years A Scout and Spy|E. C. Downs Did you ever eat pork and beans heated in a frying-pan on a camp-fire for breakfast? Letters of a Woman Homesteader|Elinore Pruitt Stewart There was breakfast almost before it was light, and everybody got up to see them off. Kate Danton, or, Captain Danton's Daughters|May Agnes Fleming
British Dictionary definitions for breakfast
noun- the first meal of the day
- (as modifier)breakfast cereal; a breakfast room
the food at this meal (in the Caribbean) a midday meal verbto eat or supply with breakfast Derived forms of breakfastbreakfaster, nounWord Origin for breakfastC15: from break + fast ² Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to breakfastbrunch |