BREAKFAST
Dictionary entry overview: What does breakfast mean?
• BREAKFAST (noun)
The noun BREAKFAST has 1 sense:
1. the first meal of the day (usually in the morning)
Familiarity information: BREAKFAST used as a noun is very rare.
• BREAKFAST (verb)
The verb BREAKFAST has 2 senses:
1. eat an early morning meal
2. provide breakfast for
Familiarity information: BREAKFAST used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BREAKFAST (noun)
Meaning:
The first meal of the day (usually in the morning)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("breakfast" is a kind of...):
meal; repast (the food served and eaten at one time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "breakfast"):
continental breakfast; petit dejeuner (breakfast usually including a roll and coffee or tea)
power breakfast (a meeting of influential people to conduct business while eating breakfast)
• BREAKFAST (verb)
Meaning:
Eat an early morning meal
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Context example:
We breakfast at seven
Hypernyms (to "breakfast" is one way to...):
eat (eat a meal; take a meal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue breakfast
Meaning:
Provide breakfast for
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Hypernyms (to "breakfast" is one way to...):
feed; give (give food to)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
