Definition of "breakfast" []

• The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning. (noun)
• To eat breakfast: We breakfasted on the terrace. (verb-intransitive)
• To provide breakfast for. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "I had eaten my breakfast; "" Yes, but Adam Clarke came _before breakfast_, "responded the merchant."
• "The best part of this breakfast is the small bread round that you cook alongside the egg."
• "I make what I call breakfast, deal with real life for a while — anything from splitting wood to sending emails — before the late afternoon when I head up the mountain."