breakfast

/'brekfəst/

Thân thiện

We eat breakfast at the kitchen table every morning.

Definition

1. 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.

2. 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.

Usage Examples

• 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.

Advanced Usage

• "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.

Variants and Related Words

• 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.

Synonyms

• Morning meal: a more formal or descriptive term for breakfast.
• Brunch: a late morning meal that combines breakfast and lunch.

Related Phrases

• "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.

Idioms

• "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.

Học thuật

Noun

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

Verb

1. provide breakfast for
2. eat an early morning meal
   • We breakfast at seven