Noun

(en noun)

The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.

You should put more protein in her breakfast so she will grow.

* 1591 , Shakespeare, Henry VI, part 2 , act 1:

a sorry breakfast for my lord protector

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, title=The Cuckoo in the Nest , chapter=1 citation , passage=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.}}

(by extension) A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc.

We serve breakfast all day.

A meal after fasting, or food in general.

* Dryden

The wolves will get a breakfast by my death.

Noun

A midday meal (in a context in which the evening meal is called supper or tea).

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*:At twilight in the summeron the floor.

The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.

An evening meal.

A meal given to an animal.

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A formal meal for many people eaten for a special occasion.

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*{{quote-book, year=1927, author= F. E. Penny

, chapter=4, title= Pulling the Strings , passage=Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines.}}

(lb) The food provided or consumed at any such meal.