breakfast

noun
/ˈbɹɛk.fəst/

The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.

Example

“You should put more protein in her breakfast so she will grow.”

Other meanings

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 kind of

meal

Kinds of breakfast

power breakfast
continental breakfast

Related words

breakfast tea
English breakfast tea
breakfast juice
all-day breakfast
builder's breakfast
blunch
Breakfast Creek
breakfastcup
breakfaster
breakfastless
breakfastlike
breakfastwards

Example sentences

“He had been there before breakfast.”
Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
“When do you serve breakfast?”
Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
“I ate cereal for breakfast.”
Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Old English "fæstenbryċe".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “breakfast” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.