breakfast
/ˈbɹeɪkˌfæst/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.61 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The celebratory meal served after a wedding (and occasionally after other solemnities e.g. a funeral).
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "You should put more protein in her breakfast so she will grow."
- "I had an early dinner because the breakfast in this hostel is superb."
- "A ſorry Breakfaſt for my Lord Protector."
- "His servant then flew like lightning and returned with a fine breakfast of wine and milk, and beautiful white bread and fruits, and such other things as little boys are fond of."
- "Peter, after the manner of man at the breakfast table, had allowed half his kedgeree to get cold and was sniggering over a letter. Sophia looked at him sharply. The only letter she had received was from her mother. Sophia’s mother was not a humourist."
- "We serve breakfast all day."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: brekefast, fæstenbryċe
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈbɹeɪkˌfæst/
- British English: /ˈbreɪkˌfɑːst/