breakfast
♦ break|fast /br'ekfəst/ (breakfasts breakfasting breakfasted)
1 [N-VAR]
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.
see also bed and breakfast, continental breakfast,
2 [VERB] V adv/prep
When you breakfast, you have breakfast. (FORMAL)
All the ladies breakfasted in their rooms.bed and break|fast (bed and breakfasts)
also bed-and-breakfast
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Bed and breakfast is a system of accommodation in a hotel or guest house, in which you pay for a room for the night and for breakfast the following morning. The abbreviation B&B is also used. (mainly BRIT)
Bed and breakfast costs from £30 per person per night.
2 [N-COUNT]
A bed and breakfast is a guest house that provides bed and breakfast accommodation. The abbreviation B&B is also used. (mainly BRIT)
Accommodation can be arranged at local bed and breakfasts.break|fast ta|ble (breakfast tables)
[N-COUNT] usu sing, the N
You refer to a table as the breakfast table when it is being used for breakfast.
...reading the morning papers at the breakfast table.break|fast tele|vi|sion
[N-UNCOUNT]
Breakfast television refers to television programmes which are broadcast in the morning at the time when most people are having breakfast. (BRIT)break|fast time
also breakfast-time
[N-UNCOUNT] oft prep N
Breakfast time is the period of the morning when most people have their breakfast.
By breakfast-time he was already at his desk.con|ti|nen|tal break|fast (continental breakfasts)
[N-COUNT]
A continental breakfast is breakfast that consists of food such as bread, butter, jam, and a hot drink. There is no cooked food.Eng|lish break|fast (English breakfasts)
[N-COUNT]
An English breakfast is a breakfast consisting of cooked food such as bacon, eggs, sausages, and tomatoes. It also includes toast and tea or coffee. (BRIT)
1 [N-VAR]
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.
see also bed and breakfast, continental breakfast,
2 [VERB] V adv/prep
When you breakfast, you have breakfast. (FORMAL)
All the ladies breakfasted in their rooms.bed and break|fast (bed and breakfasts)
also bed-and-breakfast
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Bed and breakfast is a system of accommodation in a hotel or guest house, in which you pay for a room for the night and for breakfast the following morning. The abbreviation B&B is also used. (mainly BRIT)
Bed and breakfast costs from £30 per person per night.
2 [N-COUNT]
A bed and breakfast is a guest house that provides bed and breakfast accommodation. The abbreviation B&B is also used. (mainly BRIT)
Accommodation can be arranged at local bed and breakfasts.break|fast ta|ble (breakfast tables)
[N-COUNT] usu sing, the N
You refer to a table as the breakfast table when it is being used for breakfast.
...reading the morning papers at the breakfast table.break|fast tele|vi|sion
[N-UNCOUNT]
Breakfast television refers to television programmes which are broadcast in the morning at the time when most people are having breakfast. (BRIT)break|fast time
also breakfast-time
[N-UNCOUNT] oft prep N
Breakfast time is the period of the morning when most people have their breakfast.
By breakfast-time he was already at his desk.con|ti|nen|tal break|fast (continental breakfasts)
[N-COUNT]
A continental breakfast is breakfast that consists of food such as bread, butter, jam, and a hot drink. There is no cooked food.Eng|lish break|fast (English breakfasts)
[N-COUNT]
An English breakfast is a breakfast consisting of cooked food such as bacon, eggs, sausages, and tomatoes. It also includes toast and tea or coffee. (BRIT)