brunch

UK: /ˈbrʌntʃ/ US: /brʌntʃ/ ,(brunch)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

brunch /brʌntʃ/   n. 

1. a meal that serves as both breakfast and lunch:
   [uncountable] We'll go out for brunch on Sunday about eleven o'clock.
   [countable] What can you eat at these brunches?

v. [no object]

2. to eat brunch:
   We'll brunch at eleven o'clock.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

brunch  (brunch), n. 

1. a meal that serves as both breakfast and lunch.

v.i. 

2. to eat brunch:
   They brunch at 11:00 on Sunday.

• br(eakfast) + (l)unch 1895–1900

brunch′er, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

brunch / brʌntʃ/ noun

1. a meal eaten late in the morning, combining breakfast with lunch

Etymology: 20th Century: from br( eakfast) + ( l) unch