noun
brunch
bruhnch
noun
1
A relaxed meal eaten late in the morning that combines breakfast and lunch foods.
"We met up for brunch on Sunday and stayed for hours."
verb
1
To eat this kind of meal.
"They brunched at a café near the park."
How to Use Brunch
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA late-morning meal that mixes breakfast and lunch dishes, often eaten socially at the weekend.
Common pairings
Sunday brunch
brunch date
go for brunch
Word Forms
brunched past tense, brunches plural, brunches singular
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Etymology
A blend of "breakfast" and "lunch", first recorded in British English in the 1890s before catching on in America decades later.