breakfastnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈbrek.fəst/us/ˈbrek.fəst/A1 a meal eaten in the morning as the first meal of the day:
What do you want for breakfast?
Jane never eats breakfast.
She arrived shortly after breakfast.
Breakfast is served in the dining room from 8.30 till 10.00.
I love to eat breakfast in bed on Saturdays.
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- My husband dresses the children while I make breakfast.
- He usually goes jogging for half an hour before breakfast.
- He likes to have breakfast in bed on a Saturday morning.
- I have toast and marmalade for breakfast.
- Come on, wake up - breakfast is ready.
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Meals & parts of meals
- accompaniment
- afternoon tea
- afters
- amuse-bouche
- antipasto
- dinner party
- dinner time
- elevenses
- English breakfast
- feast
- picnic
- plate meal
- ploughman's lunch
- postprandial
- pot luck
- smorgasbord
- teatime
- tiffin
- TV dinner
- working lunch/breakfast
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breakfastverb [ I ]
uk/ˈbrek.fəst/us/ˈbrek.fəst/formalto eat breakfast:
She usually breakfasts alone.
They breakfasted hurriedly on coffee and toast (= ate coffee and toast for breakfast).
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Eating
- al desko
- ate
- binge
- binge eating
- bite
- consume
- feast on sth
- feeder
- feeding
- finish
- finish (sth) up
- gorge
- put sth away
- scarf
- scoff
- shovel sth into your mouth idiom
- snack
- stoke
- swallow
- tuck
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