Breakfast
the first meal of the day; morning meal:
A hearty breakfast was served at 7 a.m.
the food eaten at the first meal of the day:
a breakfast of bacon and eggs.
to eat breakfast:
He breakfasted on bacon and eggs.
to supply with breakfast:
We breakfasted the author in the finest restaurant.
Contemporary Examples
Keep Your Laws Off My Family Melissa Etheridge October 28, 2008
Tupac Shakur’s Race-Killer Prison Pal Talks Michael Daly July 28, 2014
Jennie Ketcham Interview: Recovering From Sex Addiction Rachel Kramer Bussel July 26, 2012
Drug Cartel Beauty Queens Face an Ugly End Michael Daly February 25, 2014
Powerful Congressman Writes About ‘Fleshy Breasts’ Asawin Suebsaeng January 6, 2015
Historical Examples
Across the Mesa Jarvis Hall
Up the River Oliver Optic
Vittoria, Complete George Meredith
The Man from the Bitter Roots Caroline Lockhart
Hilda Wade Grant Allen
noun
the first meal of the day
(as modifier): breakfast cereal, a breakfast room
the food at this meal
(in the Caribbean) a midday meal
verb
to eat or supply with breakfast
n.
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