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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.

6 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/bɹʌnt͡ʃ//bɹʌnʃ/
  1. 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.

    countable · uncountable
    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.

verb/bɹʌnt͡ʃ//bɹʌnʃ/
  1. 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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