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View synonyms for continental breakfast

continental breakfast

noun

  1. a light breakfast consisting typically of coffee and rolls. : CB


continental breakfast

noun

  1. a light breakfast of coffee and rolls
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of continental breakfast1

First recorded in 1910–15
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Example Sentences

My continental breakfast—rolls, butter and coffee—was sent to my room and, for the first time in my life, I ate it in bed.

That breakfast was the exact opposite of a "Continental Breakfast."

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