Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A meal typically eaten in the late morning or early afternoon as a combination of breakfast and lunch.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Oxford University slang, a meal which takes the place of breakfast and lunch.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a late breakfast or an early lunch.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
meal eaten later in the day thanbreakfast and earlier thanlunch , replacing both meals, and often consisting of some foods that would normally be eaten at breakfast and some foods that would normally be eaten at lunch. - verb To eat brunch.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb eat a meal in the late morning
- noun combination breakfast and lunch; usually served in late morning
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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She followed that with BBC1's excellent, harrowing drama about the Ipswich murders, Five Women, and even in Misfits, despite the zingy humour look out for Socha chewing on the word "brunch" in this season's opener, there's a sadness to her character.
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But that's not why this brunch is a noteworthy event.
brunch 2005
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The brunch is very nice and there is a nanny to take care of the children.
It's a Modern Tale of Two Cities for H Javier Espinoza 2010
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(Do take note that "attend unschooling brunch" is on my goal list!)
Brillante Zenmomma 2008
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This fabulous brunch is only available for two days!
Ocean and Vine Presents Their Legendary Brunch for Two Days Only! 2007
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Raid the cupboards and the fridge; eat all the crisps that I call brunch;
School holidays! Linda 2008
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Raid the cupboards and the fridge; eat all the crisps that I call brunch;
Archive 2008-08-01 Linda 2008
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Note: It appears that brunch is quite the standard for weekend socialising, so San Franciscans!?
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Note: It appears that brunch is quite the standard for weekend socialising, so San Franciscans!?
Archive 2005-07-01 2005
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To find out at which restaurant the brunch is being held on a given Sunday, email or call Charlie Montemayor at charlymont@redes.int.com.mx or (within Gto) 732-7272. gsgall
Prolagus commented on the word brunch
I wonder if it sounds to native English speakers half as ridicolous as colanzo* would sound in Italian.
*By the way, Italians use the word brunch. And I hate it.
April 14, 2008
gangerh commented on the word brunch
We had a brunch of bananas today. (Yes, we had some bananas!).
April 14, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word brunch
By the way, Colanzo could be a brand name for a ready-to-serve frozen fake Italian brunch.
April 14, 2008
bilby commented on the word brunch
Haha @ both of you!
April 14, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word brunch
See also aripnon and ientacena occurremus.
April 14, 2008