How to spell breakfast

Breakfast is spelled B-R-E-A-K-F-A-S-T.

hear itbreak·fast/'brɛkfəst/nounSounds

What it means: The first meal of the day.

In a sentence: I like to eat pancakes for breakfast.

Same family: breakfasts, breakfasted, breakfasting, meal, brunch. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Originally, “breakfast” literally meant to ‘break the fast’ after not eating overnight. It comes from Middle English, combining “break” and “fast,” where “fast” once meant a period of not eating for religious or health reasons.

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