Definitions for breakfast
ˈbrɛk fəstbreak·fast

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. breakfastverb

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

2. breakfastverb

   eat an early morning meal

   "We breakfast at seven"

3. breakfastverb

   provide breakfast for

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. breakfastnoun

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

   Etymology: From break + fast; to end the nightly fast.

2. breakfastnoun

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

   We serve breakfast all day.

   Etymology: From break + fast; to end the nightly fast.

3. breakfastverb

   To eat the morning meal.

   He breakfasted on pizza and Coke.

   Etymology: From break + fast; to end the nightly fast.

4. breakfastverb

   To serve breakfast to.

   Etymology: From break + fast; to end the nightly fast.

Webster Dictionary(3.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Breakfastnoun

   the first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal

2. Breakfastnoun

   a meal after fasting, or food in general

3. Breakfastverb

   to break one's fast in the morning; too eat the first meal in the day

4. Breakfastverb

   to furnish with breakfast

Freebase(4.60 / 10 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Breakfast

   Breakfast is the first meal taken after rising from a night's sleep, most often eaten in the early morning before undertaking the day's work. Among English speakers, "breakfast" can be used to refer to this meal or to refer to a meal composed of traditional breakfast foods served at any time of day. The word literally refers to breaking the fasting period of the prior night. Breakfast foods vary widely from place to place, but often include a carbohydrate such as grains or cereals, fruit and/or vegetables, a protein food such as eggs, meat or fish, and a beverage such as tea, coffee or fruit juice. Coffee, tea, juice, breakfast cereals, pancakes, sausages, bacon, sweet breads, fresh fruit, vegetables, eggs, mushrooms, baked beans, muffins, crumpets and toast with butter or margarine and/or jam or marmalade are common examples of breakfast foods, though a large range of preparations and ingredients are associated with breakfast globally. Nutritional experts have referred to breakfast as the most important meal of the day, citing studies that find that people who skip breakfast are disproportionately likely to have problems with concentration, metabolism, and weight. The nutritionist Monica Reinagel has argued the metabolic benefits have been exaggerated, noting the improvement in cognition has been found among children, but is much less significant among adults. Reinagel also explains that the link between skipping breakfast and increased weight is likely behavioral—compensating with snacks and/or eating more later—and therefore not inevitable.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Breakfast

   brek′fast, n. a break or breaking of a fast: the first meal of the day.—v.i. to take breakfast.—v.t. to furnish with breakfast.—ns. Break′fasting, the act of taking breakfast: a party at breakfast; Break′fast-set, the china or other ware used at breakfast.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. breakfast

   A moderate amount of food.

   Breakfast is an important meal.

   Submitted by MaryC on January 28, 2020  

Etymology and Origins(4.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Breakfast

   The morning meal, when the fast since the previous night’s supper is broken.

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1. • Eat
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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'breakfast' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2476

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'breakfast' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1779

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'breakfast' in Nouns Frequency: #1020

Anagrams for breakfast »

1. fast break

How to pronounce breakfast?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say breakfast in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of breakfast in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of breakfast in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of breakfast in a Sentence

1. Henry Bromel:

   History is powerful stuff. One day your world is fine. The next day it's knocked for a metaphysical loop. Was Napoleon really at Waterloo Would that change what I had for breakfast

2. Nell Rona:

   Place a grocery order by 10 a.m. and get items by dinner, or order by 10 p.m. and get items by breakfast.

3. Fernando Machado:

   Sometimes someone has a poor connection, or maybe one specific restaurant out of 14,000 may not have been geolocated properly or somebody tried to redeem the coupon during breakfast.

4. Timothy Charles Montagu:

   My husband grew up knowing you should be fully dressed for meals, socks and shoes on, we set the table for breakfast, lunchand dinner. And when I say set the table, I meanset the table. We have placemats, all the cutlery out, the glasses, and we serve everyone as our guests.

5. John Tuong:

   I'm eating my breakfast, I'm checking my Facebook, all of a sudden I see this Amber Alert for this child, and it looks like this child in my bed, and I'm like, 'Oh my God! What's going on?'.

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