breakfast

English

/ˈbɹɛkfəst/, /ˈbɹeɪkˌfæst/

noun
Definitions
  • The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
  • (by extension) A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc.
  • The celebratory meal served after a wedding (and occasionally after other solemnities e.g. a funeral).
  • (largely) A meal eaten after a period of (now often religious) fasting.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English brekefast compound from English break (break, game won against the server) + English fast (fixed, refrain from eating, a period of fasting, firm, quick, fixed firmly, quickly).

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fast

Gloss

fixed, refrain from eating, a period of fasting, firm, quick, fixed firmly, quickly

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