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Definition breakfast in American English

breakfast noun

[countable/uncountable] noun
/ˈbrekfəst/
1

the first meal you have in the morning

Example

What did you have for breakfast this morning?

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1.1

a meal consisting of the things people often have for breakfast, for example eggs or bacon

Example

Try our all-day breakfast - only $5.00!

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1.2

used about things you eat for breakfast or use at breakfast time

Example

breakfast cereal

Example

a breakfast bar

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2

to defeat and destroy somebody, especially someone who is weaker than you

Example

A good lawyer could have him for breakfast.

Definition breakfast in American English