breakfast

[ brek-fuh st ]
/ ˈbrɛk fəst /
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noun

the 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 breakfast

First recorded in 1425–75, breakfast is from the late Middle English word brekfast. See break, fast2

OTHER WORDS FROM breakfast

break·fast·er, noun break·fast·less, adjective post·break·fast, adjective

Words nearby breakfast

breaker card, breaker strip, breaker zone, breakerless ignition, breakeven chart, breakfast, breakfast club, breakfast food, breakfront, breaking, breaking and entering

Words related to breakfast

brunch

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British Dictionary definitions for breakfast

breakfast
/ (ˈbrɛkfəst) /

noun

  1. the first meal of the day
  2. (as modifier)breakfast cereal; a breakfast room
the food at this meal
(in the Caribbean) a midday meal

verb

to eat or supply with breakfast

Derived forms of breakfast

breakfaster, noun

Word Origin for breakfast

C15: from break + fast ²