continental breakfast
noun
variants
often Continental breakfast
: a light breakfast (as of rolls or toast and coffee)
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There’s a continental breakfast of big banks involved.
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Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2025
The modest continental breakfast spread, also served there, includes pastries from Blue Duck Bakery.
—Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2025
There will also be a continental breakfast (not a sit-down meal).
—Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 18 Nov. 2025
There’s also an on-site bed-and-breakfast—each of their two units sleeps two—that includes a wine-tasting flight and a continental breakfast.
—Jill Robbins, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2025
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Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2025
The modest continental breakfast spread, also served there, includes pastries from Blue Duck Bakery.
—Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2025
There will also be a continental breakfast (not a sit-down meal).
—Cathy Kozlowicz, jsonline.com, 18 Nov. 2025
There’s also an on-site bed-and-breakfast—each of their two units sleeps two—that includes a wine-tasting flight and a continental breakfast.
—Jill Robbins, Southern Living, 4 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for continental breakfast
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“Continental breakfast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/continental%20breakfast. Accessed 18 Dec. 2025.
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