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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

/ ˈɛə /

noun

    1. the first meal of the day
    2. ( as modifier )

      a breakfast room

      breakfast cereal

  1. the food at this meal
  2. (in the Caribbean) a midday meal
“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

verb

  1. to eat or supply with breakfast
“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
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ𲹰ڲٱ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • 𲹰f· noun
  • 𲹰f· adjective
  • Dz·𲹰f adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of breakfast1

First recorded in 1425–75, breakfast is from the late Middle English word brekfast. See break, fast 2
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of breakfast1

C15: from break + fast ²
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Minister after minister trotted out the same lines as the results came in – waiting lists are starting to come down, the minimum wage has gone up, and new breakfast clubs are opening in schools.

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He said he now gets a hot breakfast every day and enjoys much more time on the yard.

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Known in Sweden as Valborg, university students gather in the city for champagne breakfasts, herring lunches and a raft race on the river.

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Processed meats, biscuits, fizzy drinks, ice cream and some breakfast cereals are examples of UPF, which are becoming increasingly common around the world.

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He told Kuenssberg that Labour had "inherited a difficult situation" but the country was "beginning to see something of a turnaround", with falling NHS waiting lists and the first breakfast clubs opening in schools.

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