breakfast

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see also MEAL
- a meal which you have when you get up in the morning: breakfast (noun C/U)
- the time that you eat breakfast: breakfast time
I'm not very hungry, I'm afraid - I had a huge breakfast this morning. ◎ Do you want some breakfast before you go? ◎ Hurry up, it's breakfast time!
- food made from grain that you eat with milk: (breakfast) cereal (noun U)
a packet of cereal
- a type of cereal made from corn (= maize) and eaten with milk: cornflakes (noun plural)
a bowl of cornflakes
- oats (= a type of grain) cooked with water and milk that you eat hot: porridge (noun U)
Do you want cornflakes or porridge?
- food made of grains, nuts, dried fruit, etc that you eat with milk for breakfast: muesli (noun U)
- cooked food which people sometimes eat for breakfast: bacon and eggs (= thin pieces of meat from the back or sides of a pig, with fried eggs), boiled egg (= an egg cooked in its shell in boiling water)
※ more on eggs EGG
- bread that you eat for breakfast: bread (noun U), toast (noun U) (= bread that has been heated to make it brown), roll (= a very small loaf of bread for one person), croissant (= a light roll with a curved shape)
a slice/piece of bread
- things to put on bread: butter (noun U), jam (noun U) (a sweet substance made with fruit and sugar), marmalade (noun U) (= a bitter kind of jam usually made with oranges or lemons)
※ more on bread and butter BREAD, BUTTER
- drinks that people have for breakfast: juice (noun U) (= the liquid part of fruit), tea (noun U), coffee (noun U)
a glass of orange juice ◎ Another cup of coffee, please. ◎ a pot of tea for two
※ coffee and tea COFFEE/TEA
- other drinks DRINK
※—† types of breakfast
- a breakfast with bacon, eggs, etc: cooked breakfast
- (in a hotel) a cooked breakfast served with cereal and toast and marmalade: English breakfast
- a breakfast with bread or croissant with butter, jam and coffee: continental breakfast