the first meal of the day the food at this meal
to eat or supply with breakfast
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break•fast /ˈbrɛkfəst/USA pronunciation
n.
v.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- the first meal of the day;
morning meal: [uncountable]What did you have for breakfast?[countable]He had a big breakfast that day.
v.
- to eat breakfast: [no object; (~ + on + object)]They breakfasted and left early.They breakfasted on fish and tea.
break•fast
(brek′fəst),USA pronunciation n.
v.i.
v.t.
break′fast•er, n.
break′fast•less, adj.
- the first meal of the day;
morning meal:A hearty breakfast was served at 7 a.m. - the food eaten at the first meal of the day:a breakfast of bacon and eggs.
v.i.
- to eat breakfast:He breakfasted on bacon and eggs.
v.t.
- to supply with breakfast:We breakfasted the author in the finest restaurant.
- late Middle English brekfast. See break, fast2 1425–75
break′fast•less, adj.
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