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breakfast

verb · noun US /ˈbrekfəst/

eat an early morning meal

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Rank 1,002 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 18,249 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.009% of every word in the library.

What it means

verb

  1. eat an early morning meal We breakfast at seven
  2. provide breakfast for

noun

  1. the first meal of the day (usually in the morning)

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary · Princeton WordNet 3.1

breakfast in real books

Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.

  • She caught rattlesnakes for him, and spitch-cooked them for his breakfast.

    Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1

  • Then she gave them each a bowl of bread and milk for their breakfast.

    The Dutch Twins · Lucy Fitch Perkins · Chapter 1

  • Be this as it may, the arrangements for the breakfast and dinner must be made.

    The Station · William Carleton · Chapter 1

  • He asked the Clokes' daughter, laying breakfast, while Sophie plunged her face in the lavender bush outside the low window.

    Actions and reactions · Rudyard Kipling · Chapter 1

  • I dreamed I had one last night, and I intended to ask you at breakfast, but I was sound asleep.

    Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1

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