brunch
Etymology
Blend of breakfast + lunch. Attested from 1895 in British English and from 1930 in the United States.
noun
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A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, 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. April 15 1993, Adam I. Lapidus, “The Front”, in Rich Moore, director, The Simpsons, season 4, episode 19, spoken by Homer Simpson (Dan Castellaneta)
verb
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To eat brunch.
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