breakfast.
The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
Meaning & usage
The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
You should put more protein in her breakfast so she will grow.
I had an early dinner because the breakfast in this hostel is superb.
A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc.
We serve breakfast all day.
The celebratory meal served after a wedding (and occasionally after other solemnities e.g. a funeral).
A meal eaten after a period of (now often religious) fasting.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English brekefast, brekefaste, equivalent to break + fast (literally, "to end the nightly fast"), likely a variant of Old English fæstenbryċe, (literally, "fast-breach"). Cognate with Dutch breekvasten (“breakfast”).
To eat the morning meal.
To serve breakfast to.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English brekefast, brekefaste, equivalent to break + fast (literally, "to end the nightly fast"), likely a variant of Old English fæstenbryċe, (literally, "fast-breach"). Cognate with Dutch breekvasten (“breakfast”).
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