break-fast
First daily repast
Break-fast, with a hyphen, emphasizes the word's literal meaning: the meal that breaks the overnight fast.
The hyphenated spelling is archaic or deliberately etymological, drawing attention to what breakfast does—end the period of not eating during sleep.
Modern usage drops the hyphen.
- mealOccasion for nourishment
- morningDay's early hours
- morning routineDaily start-of-day habits
- breakfast in bedMorning meal served recumbent
- bed and breakfastSmall inn serving morning meal
full English · scrambled eggs · iftar · tea · pancakes · maple syrup · cereal · coffee · early bird · toast · eggs · yogurt · orange juice · kosher meals · Lent · hunger · Yom Kippur · nourishment
meal timing
break-fastdinner
Primary evening meal
supper · evening meal · midnight snack · lunch · brunch
fasting state
break-fastfasting
Deliberate food avoidance
fast · abstinence · skipping meals · hunger strike · going hungry