breakfast
Americannoun
-
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.
verb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
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
Other Word Forms
- breakfaster noun
- breakfastless adjective
- postbreakfast adjective
Etymology
Origin of breakfast
First recorded in 1425–75, breakfast is from the late Middle English word brekfast. See break, fast 2
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
But the most poignant and heated query at the breakfast table is: Did you get the salmon?
From Salon
Target has said it will stop selling breakfast cereals that are made with synthetic colours by the end of May, marking the latest response by a retailer to backlash against ultra-processed foods.
From BBC
In the breakfast line at the Fed’s annual Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium, I asked if he could really measure the weight of GDP.
From Barron's
Then it would probably be breakfast at Shakers, which is in South Pasadena.
From Los Angeles Times
DJ Scott Mills made the announcement on his Radio 2 breakfast show describing it as "an absolute treat."
From BBC
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
