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breakfast
[brek-fuhst]
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.
breakfast
/ ˈɛə /
noun
the first meal of the day
( 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
Other Word Forms
- breakfaster noun
- breakfastless adjective
- postbreakfast adjective
- ˈڲٱ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of breakfast1
Word History and Origins
Origin of breakfast1
Example Sentences
"We used to get porridge for breakfast but not anymore. So, the children have to wait until the afternoon to have their first meal," says Ms Livio, who fled from South Sudan.
Those key takeaways are nestled among rehashed pledges like expanding free school meals and introducing free breakfast clubs.
"I've been on breakfast TV, Loose Women, it doesn't happen to me."
There's a café called The Front Room, with free tea, coffee and biscuits sponsored by a local company and breakfast clubs for hungry children in the school holidays.
She wants the government to pay for free breakfast and afterschool clubs or more free childcare on top of the 30 hours a week currently provided.
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