breakfast

noun

break·​fast ˈbrek-fəst 

1

: the first meal of the day especially when taken in the morning

2

: the food prepared for a breakfast

eat your breakfast

breakfast verb

breakfaster noun

Examples of breakfast in a Sentence

I had pancakes for breakfast.

Did you have breakfast before you left?

Recent Examples on the Web

All rooms have marble bathrooms, and some feature kitchenettes for coffee before breakfast and late-night tea. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 June 2026

Easily walkable, museums, inns, bed & breakfasts, restaurants, a thriving farmers market and a variety of shops are all located in the half-square-mile historic district. —Usa Today Network, USA Today, 10 June 2026

And nuts — almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts — along with vegetables like artichokes, broccoli and eggplant round out a diet where fiber shows up naturally at breakfast, lunch and dinner. —Ryan Brennan june 9, Miami Herald, 9 June 2026

His other restaurants in town, which include the breakfast spot HashTAG and Mexican outfit Los Chingones, are down 15% across the board in Denver. —Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 9 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

Middle English brekfast, from the phrase breken fast "to break one's fast, end abstinence from food"

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing breakfast

• a dog's breakfast
• bed-and-breakfast
• breakfast bar
• continental breakfast
• cooked breakfast
• dog's breakfast
• English breakfast
• pre-breakfast
• working/business breakfast

Kids Definition

breakfast

noun

break·​fast ˈbrek-fəst 

: the first meal of the day

breakfast verb