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continental breakfast

continental breakfast noun: a light breakfast, often as served in a hotel, usually consisting of cereal, juice, and pastries, but without any fried items.

Noun

continental breakfast (plural continental breakfasts)

  1. A light breakfast, often as served in a hotel, usually consisting of cereal, juice, and pastries, but without any fried items.

Forms of continental breakfast

pluralcontinental breakfasts

Origin of continental breakfast

Named due to its popularity in continental Europe.

Questions about continental breakfast

What does continental breakfast mean?
Continental breakfast means a light breakfast, often as served in a hotel, usually consisting of cereal, juice, and pastries, but without any fried items.
What part of speech is continental breakfast?
Continental breakfast is a noun.
What is the plural of continental breakfast?
The plural of continental breakfast is continental breakfasts.

Words near continental breakfast in the dictionary

  1. continencies
  2. continency
  3. continent
  4. continent of stability
  5. continental
  6. continental breakfast
  7. continental breakfasts
  8. continental crust
  9. continental crusts
  10. continental divide
  11. continental divides

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