Breakfast vs. Lunch

Breakfastnoun

The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.

Breakfastnoun

(by extension) A meal consisting of food normally eaten in the morning, which may typically include eggs, sausages, toast, bacon, etc.

Breakfastnoun

The celebratory meal served after a wedding (and occasionally after other solemnities e.g. a funeral).

Breakfastnoun

A meal eaten after a period of (now often religious) fasting.

Breakfastverb

(intransitive) To eat the morning meal.

Breakfastverb

(transitive) To serve breakfast to.

Breakfastnoun

The first meal in the day, or that which is eaten at the first meal.

Breakfastnoun

A meal after fasting, or food in general.

Breakfastverb

To break one's fast in the morning; too eat the first meal in the day.

Breakfastverb

To furnish with breakfast.

Breakfastnoun

the first meal of the day (usually in the morning)

Breakfastverb

eat an early morning meal;

Breakfastverb

provide breakfast for

Breakfastnoun

a meal eaten in the morning, the first of the day

Breakfastverb

eat breakfast

Breakfast

Breakfast is the first meal of the day eaten after waking from the night's sleep, usually in the morning. The word in English refers to breaking the fasting period of the previous night.

Lunchnoun

A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.

Lunchnoun

(cricket) A break in play between the first and second sessions.

Lunchnoun

Any small meal, especially one eaten at a social gathering.

Lunchverb

(intransitive) To eat lunch.

Lunchverb

(transitive) To treat to lunch.

Lunchnoun

A luncheon; specifically, a light repast between breakfast and dinner, most commonly about noontime.

Lunchverb

To take luncheon.

Lunchnoun

a midday meal

Lunchverb

take the midday meal;

Lunchverb

provide a midday meal for;

Lunch

Lunch, an abbreviation for luncheon, is a meal eaten around midday. During the 20th century, the meaning gradually narrowed to a meal eaten midday.