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general::
types of meal
breakfast
a meal that you eat in the morning
brunch
a meal that you eat in the late morning, instead of breakfast or lunch
lunch
a meal that you eat in the middle of the day
tea
British English a meal that you eat in the afternoon or evening
dinner
the main meal of the day, which most people eat in the evening
supper
a small meal that you eat in the evening, in British English; the main meal that you eat in the evening, in American English
picnic
a meal that you eat outdoors, consisting of food that you cooked or prepared earlier
barbecue
a meal that you cook outdoors over hot coals or wood and eat outdoors
snack
a small amount of food that is eaten between main meals or instead of a meal
side dish
• I’ll have the salad as a side dish.
course
one of the separate parts of a meal, such as the starter or the dessert:
• a three-course meal
Longman-Thesaurus
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breakfast
verbs
have/eat breakfast
• Paul got up, washed and had breakfast.
have something for breakfast
• What do you usually have for breakfast?
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + breakfast
a big breakfast
• Most people don’t eat a big breakfast nowadays.
a good/proper breakfast
(= big and healthy )
• I think kids need a good breakfast before they go to school.
a hearty breakfast
written (= big )
• The price includes a hearty breakfast.
a small/light breakfast
• She ate a light breakfast of toast and coffee.
an English/a full breakfast
(= a big breakfast with bacon, egg, toast etc - used especially in hotels )
• A lot of people like to have an English breakfast on holiday.
a cooked/fried breakfast
(= bacon, egg, toast etc )
• Do you feel like having a cooked breakfast?
a buffet breakfast
(= one in a hotel, where you serve yourself )
• A buffet breakfast is served in the hotel's elegant dining room.
a continental breakfast
(= coffee and bread with butter and jam )
• Continental breakfast can be served in your room.
a quick/hasty/hurried breakfast
• I grabbed a quick breakfast and ran to the bus stop.
a long/leisurely breakfast
(= not hurried )
• On Sunday mornings I like to have a leisurely breakfast.
an early/late breakfast
• We had an early breakfast and left before 7.30.
a working breakfast
(= at which you talk about business )
• She suggested we meet at 8.30 for a working breakfast.
breakfast + NOUN
the breakfast dishes
• Did you put the breakfast dishes in the dishwasher?
the breakfast things
(= dishes, packets etc )
• Dad was clearing the breakfast things away.
a breakfast table/room
• The house has a large kitchen and a breakfast room.
breakfast cereal
• Many breakfast cereals are high in sugar.
breakfast time
• I don’t like talking at breakfast time.
breakfast television/TV
(= programmes on television in the early morning )
• The children all eat their cereal in front of breakfast television.
transnet.ir
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general::
noun
morning meal:
We will eat eggs for breakfast.
verb
eat morning meal:
We will breakfast together.
Simple Definitions
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general::
noun ADJ. big, full, good, hearty, large, proper, solid, substantial | light, modest | cooked, fried | continental, English, American-style a full English breakfast of cereal, bacon and eggs and toast | buffet/buffet-style | hasty, hurried, quick | leisurely, long | early, late | working | champagne BREAKFAST + NOUN cereal | dishes, things Would you clear away the breakfast things? | room | meeting | show, television PHRASES bed and breakfast Bed and breakfast accommodation is available near the museum. | breakfast in bed He treated his wife to breakfast in bed on her birthday.MEAL (for verbs)
Oxford Collocations Dictionary