breakfast
Noun:
- The first meal of the day, typically eaten in the morning: "Breakfast" refers to the meal consumed after a period of sleep, often considered the most important meal of the day.
Verb:
- To eat breakfast: The act of consuming the morning meal.
- To provide someone with breakfast: The act of serving the morning meal to another person.
Noun: I usually have coffee and toast for breakfast. The hotel serves a complimentary breakfast from 7 to 10 AM.
Verb (to eat breakfast): We breakfasted early before the long drive. She prefers to breakfast alone with the newspaper.
Verb (to provide breakfast): The innkeeper breakfasted his guests with a hearty meal.
"to breakfast on something": to eat a particular food for breakfast. They breakfasted on fresh fruit and yogurt.
"to have for breakfast" (idiomatic): used figuratively to mean to defeat or deal with someone or something easily. That experienced lawyer would have the new intern for breakfast in a debate.
Breakfast time (n): the time of day when breakfast is typically eaten. Breakfast time at our house is always chaotic.
Breakfaster (n, rare): a person who eats breakfast. He is an early breakfaster.
- Morning meal: a more formal or descriptive term for breakfast.
- Brunch: a late morning meal that combines breakfast and lunch.
"Bed and breakfast" (B&B): a type of lodging that offers overnight accommodation and breakfast. We stayed at a charming bed and breakfast in the countryside.
"Continental breakfast": a light breakfast typically consisting of coffee, juice, and baked goods like pastries or toast. The conference fee includes a continental breakfast.
"Eat someone's breakfast": (slang) to outperform or defeat someone decisively. The new player completely ate the veteran's breakfast on the court today.
"Breakfast of champions": originally a slogan for a cereal, now used humorously to refer to any food or drink (often unhealthy) consumed in the morning. Cold pizza and coffee—the true breakfast of champions.
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the first meal of the day (usually in the morning)
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provide breakfast for
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eat an early morning meal
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We breakfast at seven
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