Foundation level · Year 4 · free
breakfast
noun · Say it: BREK-fuhst
What it means
Foundationthe first meal you eat in the morning
I had cereal and toast for breakfast before walking to school.
Similar and opposite words
Synonyms (similar meaning)
- morning meal
More examples
- On holiday, we ate breakfast on a sunny balcony by the sea.
Where the word comes from
From 'break' and 'fast', because it ends the night without food.
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