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breakfast
/ˈbɹeɪkˌfæst/
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What does breakfast mean?
noun
- The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
- 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).
More meanings (3)
noun
- A meal eaten after a period of (now often religious) fasting.
verb
- To eat the morning meal.
- To serve breakfast to.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈbɹeɪkˌfæst/
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I think they perceived that nothing was to be done for the present, and had gone away to breakfast at Henderson’s house.
On the morning of the 11th he came down to breakfast to find the streets white and the air thick with snow.
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Louise had brought her some fresh milk and a dish of fruit, and she partook of this frugal breakfast with hearty appetite.
“Now that it is all settled, my friends, allow me to treat you after French fashion. Let us be off to breakfast!”
Anne and Henrietta, finding themselves the earliest of the party the next morning, agreed to stroll down to the sea before breakfast.