brunch.
A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, often in a leisurely, festive, and/or social way, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals.
Meaning & usage
A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, often in a leisurely, festive, and/or social way, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals.
I normally have brunch at the café next to work.
Let's do brunch sometime at the salad bar!
Where this word comes from
Blend of breakfast + lunch. Attested from 1895 in British English and from 1930 in the United States.
To eat brunch.
Where this word comes from
Blend of breakfast + lunch. Attested from 1895 in British English and from 1930 in the United States.
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