brunch

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
13
Words With Friends
16
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/bɹʌnt͡ʃ/
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/bɹʌnt͡ʃ/ · /bɹʌnʃ/

Definition of brunch

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)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.”
    “I discovered a meal between breakfast and brunch.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)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.”
    “I discovered a meal between breakfast and brunch.”

verb

  1. To eat brunch.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

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

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