Breakfast
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈbɹɛk.fəst/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Breakfast is a noun meaning The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
Meaning
The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
More Meanings
- (by extension) A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc.
- The celebratory meal served after a wedding (and occasionally after other solemnities e.g. a funeral).
- (largely obsolete outside religion) A meal eaten after a period of (now often religious) fasting.
- (intransitive) To eat the morning meal.
- (transitive) To serve breakfast to.
Example Sentences
We serve breakfast all day.
A ſorry Breakfaſt for my Lord Protector.
The wolves will get a breakfast by my death.
You should put more protein in her breakfast so she will grow.
Word Forms
- breakfasts
- breakfasting
- breakfasted
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include lunch, lunchtime, luncheon, dinner, meal, lunchbox.
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