brunch
noun · verb
Simple meaning
Combination breakfast and lunch.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
bruhnchIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈbɹʌntʃ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
Combination breakfast and lunch; usually served in late morning
A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, and often consisting of typical foods from both of those meals.
verb
Eat a meal in the late morning
To eat brunch.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Combination breakfast and lunch; usually served in late morning
Used this way, brunch is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use brunch
- “On Sundays, we often go out for brunch with our friends and enjoy pancakes.”noun
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