brunch

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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.

verb

/bɹʌnt͡ʃ/ /bɹʌnʃ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-brunch.wav

brunch brunches brunching brunched

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

dunch linner lupper brinner brupper dinfast

brunchtime brunch word brunchy prebrunch

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