breakfast in bed

breakfast in bed noun: breakfast served to one in bed upon waking, commonly to show appreciation for the receiver.

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Noun

breakfast in bed (countable and uncountable, plural breakfasts in bed)

Breakfast served to one in bed upon waking, commonly to show appreciation for the receiver.
- The children made their mother breakfast in bed on her birthday.
- You may choose to provide the option of breakfast in bed to guests celebrating special occasions. (Consider that accidents will occur and permanent food stains may result to comforters, blankets, or carpets.)1990, Thomas D. Potts, Carole Jones Amos, Beginning a Bed and Breakfast in South Carolina: Guidelines for Development
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see breakfast, in, bed.
- I ate breakfast in bed this morning.

breakfast in bed (third-person singular simple present breakfasts in bed, present participle breakfasting in bed, simple past and past participle breakfasted in bed)

(intransitive) To eat one's breakfast while in bed.
- Not that I "go in" for breakfasting in bed. It is a lazy, ignoble habit. A man ought to divide his life fairly between bed and board.1876, Charles James Dunphie, The Splendid Advantages of Being a Woman, page 67

Alice Bee totally surprised me by making breakfast in bed!2014, Dave Engledow, Confessions of the World's Best Father, Penguin, →ISBN, page 698:
The next morning, Patrick surprised Debbie and made her breakfast in bed with her favorite breakfast of pancakes and orange juice.2018, Michelle Palomo, Promises of Wanting You, Archway Publishing, →ISBN:

Noun
plural	breakfasts in bed
Verb
third-person singular present	breakfasts in bed
present participle	breakfasting in bed
past participle	breakfasted in bed
past	breakfasted in bed

What does breakfast in bed mean?: Breakfast in bed means breakfast served to one in bed upon waking, commonly to show appreciation for the receiver.
How do you use breakfast in bed in a sentence?: Alice Bee totally surprised me by making breakfast in bed!
What part of speech is breakfast in bed?: Breakfast in bed can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of breakfast in bed?: The plural of breakfast in bed is breakfasts in bed.

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