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B and B |
abbreviation of "Bed and Breakfast"; a small inn. |
bed-and-breakfast |
an establishment, often a small inn, that offers lodging and breakfast. |
blend |
in linguistics, a word made by combining two other words, such as "brunch" from "breakfast" and "lunch". [1/9 definitions] |
breakfast |
to eat breakfast. [1/2 definitions] |
brunch |
a meal that is breakfast and lunch together. People eat brunch in the late morning. |
cereal |
food made from grain that people eat for breakfast. [1/2 definitions] |
continental breakfast |
a light breakfast, usu. consisting of rolls or pastries and coffee or tea, like that eaten in most European countries. |
cornflakes |
a commercially prepared breakfast cereal made of small toasted flakes of coarse cornmeal, usu. eaten in milk. |
dinette |
a small section of a room, esp. of a kitchen, that is used as an informal dining area; breakfast nook. [1/2 definitions] |
granola |
a dry mixture of ingredients such as grains, raisins, nuts, and honey. It is eaten as a snack or breakfast cereal. |
oatmeal |
a dried food made from oats. People cook oatmeal with water and eat it for breakfast. |
prebreakfast |
combined form of breakfast. |
scrapple |
cornmeal mush mixed with pork scraps, dried in a roll or loaf, then sliced, fried, and served as a breakfast sausage. |
sweet roll |
a round, sweet bread that is served as a single portion and usually eaten as a breakfast food. Sweet rolls may contain cinnamon, raisins, nuts, or other flavorings and may be topped with icing. |
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