Definition of BREAKFAST

breakfast

Plural: breakfasts

Noun

  • the first meal of the day (usually in the morning)
  • The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
  • 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).
  • A meal eaten after a period of (now often religious) fasting.

Verb

  • eat an early morning meal
    • "We breakfast at seven"
  • provide breakfast for
  • To eat the morning meal.
  • To serve breakfast to.

Examples

  • We serve breakfast all day.
  • You should put more protein in her breakfast so she will grow.

Origin / Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

break one's fast

Scrabble Score: 18

breakfast: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
breakfast: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
breakfast: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

breakfast: valid Words With Friends Word