breakfast

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈbrɛkfəst/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈbrɛkfəst/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(brek′fəst)

Collocations for "breakfast"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "breakfast" in context.

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breakfast

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. a [complimentary, continental, cooked] breakfast
  2. a full [cooked, English, Irish, Scottish, American] breakfast
  3. a [hot, cold, healthy, sugary, fatty] breakfast
  4. had a [huge, fast, filling, light] breakfast
  5. ate a [huge] breakfast
  6. [eat, have, serve] breakfast in bed
  7. eat breakfast for [lunch, dinner]
  8. breakfast is served at [10:00]
  9. ate breakfast at [10:00]
  10. what do you want (to eat) for breakfast?
  11. breakfast is included
  12. breakfast is the most important meal (of the day)
  13. a breakfast of [eggs, pancakes, sausages]
  14. had [eggs] for breakfast
  15. what should we do after breakfast?
  16. is the breakfast of champions
  17. [should, need to] eat breakfast (in the mornings)
  18. [skipped, missed] breakfast
  19. could eat [this] for breakfast, lunch, and dinner
  20. had to [leave, go] before (eating) breakfast
  21. your breakfast is getting cold
  22. this [pub, hotel] offers bed and breakfast
n as adj
  1. breakfast [cereals, foods]
  2. a breakfast [sandwich, burrito]
  3. a breakfast [bar, club, buffet]
  4. [see, look at, order from] the breakfast menu
  5. a bed and breakfast hotel
  6. [offers, looking for] bed and breakfast accommodation
v
  1. breakfasted on [toast, eggs, steak]
  2. breakfast at [7 o'clock]
  3. breakfast at [home, her parents, the restaurant, his in laws]
  4. breakfasted with [friends, her parents, my in laws]
  5. breakfasted in bed
  6. breakfasting [together, alone]
'breakfast' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
English - Welsh - accommodation - apricot - bacon - bagel - balanced - balcony - bar - bed - bread - buffet - café - cereal - champion - chocolate - complimentary - contemplate - courtyard - cracker - diner - dish - early - eat - egg - filling - fly - fried - fruit - full - glance - gorge - grapefruit - jug - juice - kitchen - lunch - melon - morning - muffin - normally - oatmeal - on - pancake - pastry - pineapple - porridge - pudding - recess - restaurant

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