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# brunch

noun (brunch, brunches); verb (brunch, brunches, brunched — informal)

«brunch» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A meal eaten in the late morning instead of breakfast and lunch, often bigger than breakfast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brunch/#m1)

### In the lessons

In everyday life brunch is a weekend treat with pancakes, eggs, bacon, avocado toast or waffles, often at a café. In English lessons "brunch" is a good example of a blend word, made from "breakfast" and "lunch" (like smog = smoke + fog). Phrases: have brunch, Sunday brunch, go out for brunch.

### Examples

- We had brunch at the café on Sunday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brunch/#x1)
- Brunch is breakfast and lunch rolled into one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brunch/#x2)
- For brunch we had pancakes and eggs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brunch/#x3)
- "Brunch" is made by joining "breakfast" and "lunch". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brunch/#x4)
- Mum loves a lazy Sunday brunch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brunch/#x5)
- We brunched at eleven and then went to the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brunch/#x6)

### Note

Countable or uncountable: "have brunch", "two brunches". A blend word (portmanteau). The verb is informal.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «brunch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brunch/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«brunch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/brunch.html) on Mova free.