BREAKFAST FOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does breakfast food mean? 

• BREAKFAST FOOD (noun)
  The noun BREAKFAST FOOD has 1 sense:

1. any food (especially cereal) usually served for breakfast

  Familiarity information: BREAKFAST FOOD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BREAKFAST FOOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any food (especially cereal) usually served for breakfast

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("breakfast food" is a kind of...):

food; solid food (any solid substance (as opposed to liquid) that is used as a source of nourishment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "breakfast food"):

cereal (a breakfast food prepared from grain)

muesli (mixture of untoasted dry cereals and fruits)

 Context examples 

The box was a packing-case for breakfast food, and Mr. Higginbotham had charged him half a dollar for it.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)