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brunch

noun
/bɹʌnt͡ʃ/

Etymology

Blend of breakfast + lunch. Attested from 1895 in British English and from 1930 in the United States.

  1. derived from nonechenche — “light midday meal”
  2. compounded as brunch — “breakfast + lunch”

Definitions

  1. A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, often in a…

    A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, often in a leisurely, festive, and/or social way, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals.

    • I normally have brunch at the café next to work.
    • Let's do brunch sometime at the salad bar!
    • Feeling a bit peckish, Sandra made herself some brunch with the leftovers in her fridge.

  2. To eat brunch.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA