breakfast
/ˈbrek.fəst/
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Translation
The first meal of the day, which people eat in the morning.
Word origin
From Middle English brekfast, meaning to break the fast after a night of not eating.
- Origin
- Middle English
- Root
- brekfast
Grammar
Gender
Pluralbreakfasts
Examples
seven.
"Breakfast" is the first meal of the day.
serves .
"Breakfasts" is the plural, meaning more than one breakfast.
.
Here "breakfast" is the morning meal.
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