breakfast

noun

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

(by extension) A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc.

The celebratory meal served after a wedding (and occasionally after other solemnities e.g. a funeral).

(largely obsolete outside religion) A meal eaten after a period of (now often religious) fasting.

verb

(intransitive) To eat the morning meal.

(transitive) To serve breakfast to.

Synonyms for breakfast

lunchn brunchn luncheonn dinnern suppern elevenses dinern teatimen tiffinn

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