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breakfast

Pronunciation: /ˈbrɛkfəst/

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Definition of breakfast

noun

  • a meal eaten in the morning, the first of the day:a breakfast of bacon and eggs [mass noun]:I don’t eat breakfast

verb

[no object]
  • eat breakfast:she breakfasted on fried bread and bacon

Phrases

have (or eat) someone for breakfast

informal deal with or defeat someone with contemptuous ease.

Derivatives

breakfaster

noun

Origin:

late Middle English: from the verb break1 + fast2

breakfast in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of breakfast in the US English dictionary