[C,U] the first meal of the day:
a big / hearty / light breakfast * (especially BrE) a cooked breakfast * Do you want bacon and eggs for breakfast? * They were having breakfast when I arrived. * She doesn't eat much breakfast.
seealsoBEDANDBREAKFAST, CONTINENTALBREAKFAST, ENGLISHBREAKFAST, POWERBREAKFAST, WEDDINGBREAKFAST
IDIOMS see DOGn.
verb [V] ~ (on sth) (formal) to eat breakfast
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