breakfast
Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɛk.fəst/
The English word “breakfast” has 6 meanings listed here.
noun
- The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
- A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc.
- The celebratory meal served after a wedding (and occasionally after other solemnities e.g. a funeral).
- A meal eaten after a period of (now often religious) fasting.
verb
Etymology
From Middle English brekefast, brekefaste, equivalent to break + fast (literally, "to end the nightly fast"), likely a variant of Old English fæstenbryċe, (literally, "fast-breach"). Cognate with Dutch breekvasten (“breakfast”).
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