Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
- intransitive verb To eat breakfast.
- intransitive verb To provide breakfast for.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The first meal in the day; the meal by which one breaks the fast lasting from the previous day; the food eaten at the first meal.
- noun A meal or food in general.
- To eat the first meal in the day.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal.
- noun A meal after fasting, or food in general.
- intransitive verb To break one's fast in the morning; too eat the first meal in the day.
- transitive verb To furnish with breakfast.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The first
meal of the day,usually eaten in themorning . - noun by extension A meal consisting of food
normally eaten in the morning, which maytypically includeeggs ,sausages ,toast ,bacon ,etc. - verb intransitive To eat the morning meal.
- verb transitive To serve breakfast to.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb provide breakfast for
- verb eat an early morning meal
- noun the first meal of the day (usually in the morning)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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I had eaten my breakfast; "" Yes, but Adam Clarke came _before breakfast_, "responded the merchant.
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The best part of this breakfast is the small bread round that you cook alongside the egg.
Gas House Eggs aka TBTAM 2009
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I make what I call breakfast, deal with real life for a while — anything from splitting wood to sending emails — before the late afternoon when I head up the mountain.
Stray Questions for: Josh Weil - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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During the week my breakfast is a couple of slices of bread in the toaster and a fermented milk drink, eaten every day by myself at far too early an hour.
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I make what I call breakfast, deal with real life for a while — anything from splitting wood to sending emails — before the late afternoon when I head up the mountain.
Stray Questions for: Josh Weil - Paper Cuts Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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"I don't know, sir," he said, "whether you're aware of it -- I presume you're a stranger, like myself -- but all they _allow_ for what they call breakfast in this hotel is tea or coffee, rolls, and butter; everything else is charged extra."
A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London') Sara Jeannette Duncan
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I can see my old cousin still in what she termed her breakfast room, dressed very handsomely, standing before a bare mahogany table on which a maid placed the considerable array of a silver salver without legs, which was set on a folded cloth and held the sugar-loaf and the sugar-cutter; and another salver with legs that bore various bowls and one beautiful silver sugar-box which was kept filled high for her husband's toddy.
Home Life in Colonial Days Alice Morse Earle 1881
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Frenchman never eats what we call breakfast; that is, he never makes a really heavy meal, the first thing in the morning.
The Young Franc Tireurs And Their Adventures in the Franco-Prussian War F. T. [Illustrator] Young 1867
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"Barrin 'the first foundation in the kitchen within," he replied; "for you must know that's what I call my breakfast, handsel of any kind didn't cross my palm this day."
The Tithe-Proctor The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two William Carleton 1831
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Adjacent to the range wall, we designed a small pantry and what we call a breakfast bar.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed KELLY DECK 2011
lucianop commented on the word breakfast
breaking the fast
December 14, 2006
Lee.courtney990@gmail.com commented on the word breakfast
!!!!!!what the heck
November 30, 2011