"breakfast in bed" meaning in All languages combined

See breakfast in bed on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: breakfasts in bed [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~|breakfasts in bed}} breakfast in bed (countable and uncountable, plural breakfasts in bed)
  1. Breakfast served to one in bed upon waking, commonly to show appreciation for the receiver. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Meals Translations (breakfast served to someone in bed): café na cama [masculine] (Portuguese), frukost på sängen [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-breakfast_in_bed-en-noun-doH8uv6s Disambiguation of Meals: 59 21 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 8 14 Disambiguation of English predicates: 38 21 41 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 71 12 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 80 8 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 6 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 75 13 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 75 13 13 Disambiguation of 'breakfast served to someone in bed': 79 21
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see breakfast, in, bed. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-breakfast_in_bed-en-noun-qgMBDOvH Categories (other): English predicates Disambiguation of English predicates: 38 21 41

Verb [English]

Forms: breakfasts in bed [present, singular, third-person], breakfasting in bed [participle, present], breakfasted in bed [participle, past], breakfasted in bed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} breakfast in bed (third-person singular simple present breakfasts in bed, present participle breakfasting in bed, simple past and past participle breakfasted in bed)
  1. (intransitive) To eat one's breakfast while in bed. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-breakfast_in_bed-en-verb-2m~lxzM~ Categories (other): English predicates Disambiguation of English predicates: 38 21 41

Inflected forms

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