post-breakfast

post-break·fast

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Definitions of post-breakfast word

noun post-breakfast the first meal of the day; morning meal: A hearty breakfast was served at 7 a.m. 1
noun post-breakfast the food eaten at the first meal of the day: a breakfast of bacon and eggs. 1
verb without object post-breakfast to eat breakfast: He breakfasted on bacon and eggs. 1
verb with object post-breakfast to supply with breakfast: We breakfasted the author in the finest restaurant. 1

before 1425

One of the 25% oldest English words

First recorded in 1425-75, breakfast is from the late Middle English word brekfast. See break, fast2

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preposition

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exclamation

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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