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brunch

Pronunciation: /bɹʌnt͡ʃ/

The English word “brunch” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, often in a leisurely, festive, and/or social way, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals.

verb

  1. To eat brunch.

Etymology

Blend of breakfast + lunch. Attested from 1895 in British English and from 1930 in the United States.

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