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breakfasts

noun

Meaning

  1. The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.
  2. (by extension) A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc.
  3. The celebratory meal served after a wedding (and occasionally after other solemnities e.g. a funeral).
  4. (largely obsolete outside religion) A meal eaten after a period of (now often religious) fasting.
  5. To eat the morning meal.
  6. To serve breakfast to.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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