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brunch

American  
[bruhnch] / brʌntʃ /

noun

  1. a meal that serves as both breakfast and lunch.

verb (used without object)

  1. to eat brunch.

    They brunch at 11:00 on Sunday.
brunch British  
/ brʌntʃ /

noun

  1. a meal eaten late in the morning, combining breakfast with lunch

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Other Word Forms

  • bruncher noun

Etymology

Origin of brunch

First recorded in 1895–1900; br(eakfast) + (l)unch

Example Sentences

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The pay-by-the-kilo buffet would rival the Sunday brunch at any swanky U.S. hotel.

From The Wall Street Journal

They gathered Sunday at a trendy downtown Los Angeles restaurant — a group of women out for brunch.

From Los Angeles Times

They had just finished the final brunch when Tysoe dropped her gold ring on the beach while brushing sand off her feet.

From The Wall Street Journal

Perhaps that’s because the audience, in the script, is cast as attendees of the Susan B. Anthony Society for the Sisters of Gertude Stein’s brunch meeting, whose motto is “no men, no meat, all manners.”

From Los Angeles Times

A little zest rubbed directly into the yogurt gives it that sun-dappled brunch energy — not “airport kiosk at 6:12 a.m.”

From Salon

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