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The definition of breakfast is a morning meal, or the first meal of the day.
(noun)Eggs and bacon that you eat first thing in the morning for your first meal is an example of breakfast.
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See breakfast in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
the first meal of the day
Origin: break + fast
intransitive verb
to eat breakfast
transitive verb
to give breakfast to
See breakfast in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
verb break·fast·ed, break·fast·ing, break·fasts verb, intransitive To eat breakfast: We breakfasted on the terrace.
verb, transitive To provide breakfast for.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English brekfast
Origin: : breken, to break; see break
Origin: + faste, a fast (from Old Norse fasta, to fast; see past- in Indo-European roots)
.Related Forms:
- breakˈfast·er noun
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