break fast

A form of breakfast — The first meal of the day, usually eaten in the morning.

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Meanings

nounbreak fast (plural break fasts)

plural break fasts

  1. alternativenonstandardAlternative form of breakfast (“meal eaten after fasting”).

    That is why the break fast at the end of Yom Kippur often has an air of achievement.

    2000, Nina Beth Cardin, The Tapestry of Jewish Time: A Spiritual Guide to Holidays, →ISBN, page 71
verbbreak fast (third-person singular simple present breaks fast, present participle breaking fast, simple past broke fast, past participle broken fast)

present singular third person breaks fast · participle present breaking fast · past broke fast · participle past broken fast

  1. alternativeAlternative form of break one's fast
  2. alternativearchaicAlternative form of breakfast
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