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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BREAK'FAST, n. brek'fast. [break and fast.]
1. The first meal in the day; or the thing eaten at the first meal.
2. A meal, or food in general.
BREAK'FAST, v.i. brek'fast. To eat the first meal in the day.
BREAKFAST, v.t. brekfast. To furnish with the first meal in the morning.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the first meal of the day (usually in the morning) v
1: eat an early morning meal; "We breakfast at seven"
2: provide breakfast for

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 15th century 1. the first meal of the day especially when taken in the morning 2. the food prepared for a breakfast <eat your breakfast> • breakfast verb • breakfaster noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. the first meal of the day. --v.intr. have breakfast. Derivatives: breakfaster n. Etymology: BREAK(1) interrupt + FAST(2)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Breakfast Break"fast, n. [Break + fast.] 1. The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal. A sorry breakfast for my lord protector. --Shak. 2. A meal after fasting, or food in general. The wolves will get a breakfast by my death. --Dryden.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Breakfast Break"fast, v. i. [imp. & p. p. breakfasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Breakfasting.] To break one's fast in the morning; too eat the first meal in the day. First, sir, I read, and then I breakfast. --Prior.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Breakfast Break"fast, v. t. To furnish with breakfast. --Milton.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(breakfasts, breakfasting, breakfasted) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Breakfast is the first meal of the day. It is usually eaten in the early part of the morning. What's for breakfast? ...breakfast cereal. N-VAR see also bed and breakfast, continental breakfast, English breakfast 2. When you breakfast, you have breakfast. (FORMAL) All the ladies breakfasted in their rooms. VERB: V adv/prep

Moby Thesaurus

TV dinner, alfresco meal, barbecue, brunch, buffet supper, clambake, coffee break, cookout, diner, dinner, elevenses, fish fry, high tea, hot luncheon, lunch, luncheon, mash, meat breakfast, petit dejeuner, picnic, supper, tea, tea break, teatime, tiffin, wiener roast, wienie roast