Definition of brunch
: a meal usually taken late in the morning that combines a late breakfast and an early lunch
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Weekend brunch will start soon, owner Luke Fairbank wrote in an email.
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The restaurant will focus on brunch, afternoon tea and happy hour.
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No brown hands holding a cup of coffee, no groups of friends of all flavors chillin’ at brunch — and definitely no professionals of color.
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The current Fixe Sunday brunch menu offers egg dishes, a burger or French toast with honey-foie gras butter and blackberries.
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Prom dates have pulled up in their limos on recent weekend nights, and families stop in after Sunday brunch.
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Guzmán once tasted a version of frijoles puercos, a dish of beans and pork, in northern Mexico and adapted it into an archetypal brunch dish at Nopalito, optimized for the weekend crowd.
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Saturday will include a winemaker luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. for $76 per person, and Sunday will offer a champagne and seafood buffet brunch from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for $75 per person.
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This kind of pearl necklace is definitely not appropriate for Mother’s Day brunch.
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Origin and Etymology of brunch
breakfast + lunch
First Known Use: 1895
BRUNCH Defined for English Language Learners
brunch
playDefinition of brunch for English Language Learners
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: a meal that combines breakfast and lunch and that is usually eaten in late morning
BRUNCH Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of brunch for Students
: a meal that combines breakfast and lunch and is usually eaten in late morning
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