breakfast

[brek-fuhst]

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.

breakfast

/ ˈbrɛkfəst /

noun

1. 1. the first meal of the day

   2. ( as modifier )

      breakfast cereal

      a breakfast room

2. the food at this meal

3. (in the Caribbean) a midday meal

verb

1. to eat or supply with breakfast

Other Word Forms

• breakfaster noun
• breakfastless adjective
• postbreakfast adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of breakfast¹

First recorded in 1425–75, breakfast is from the late Middle English word brekfast. See break, fast ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of breakfast¹

C15: from _break + _fast ²

Example Sentences

After breakfast following practice, she was set to rush home and put the family turkey in the oven.

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He even shared some of his family’s maple syrup to use on Amtrak’s french toast at breakfast.

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Each Tuesday, he met a half-dozen or so business associates and others for breakfast, usually at the Los Angeles Country Club.

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There is also an adorable eating area, complete with a breakfast nook and a cozy fireplace.

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It comes after the government expanded free breakfast clubs, with 75 schools across the East of England already offering them to students.

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Related Words

• brunch