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breakfast

break·fast

UK/ˈbɹɛk.fəst/ US/ˈbɹeɪkˌfæst/ common
noun (1) verb (2)

noun

1.

the first meal of the day (usually in the morning)

verb

1.

eat an early morning meal

  • “We breakfast at seven”
2.

Origin

From Middle English brekefast, brekefaste, equivalent to break + fast (literally, "to end the nightly fast"), likely a variant of Old English fæstenbryċe, (literally, "fast-breach"). Cognate with Dutch breekvasten (“breakfast”).

Phrases

  • all-day breakfast
  • American breakfast
  • bed and breakfast
  • bed-and-breakfast deal
  • bed-and-breakfast transaction
  • breakfast bar
  • breakfast burrito
  • breakfast cereal

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