bread


Definition: Meaning of, bread in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / brɛd /

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  1. a type of food made from flour and water that is mixed together and then baked
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  2. your/somebody's bread and butter informal the work that provides you with most of the money that you need in order to live
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  3. know which side your bread is buttered on informal to know which people to be nice to in order to get advantages for yourself
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  4. old-fashioned informal money
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bread used in phrases

  • Boston brown bread (noun)
    1. dark steamed bread made of cornmeal wheat and flour with molasses and soda and milk or water
  • Feast of the Unleavened Bread (noun)
    1. traditionally 8 days from Nissan 15 Judaism a Jewish festival celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt
  • French bread (noun)
    1. a long thin LOAF of white bread
  • Hottentot bread (noun)
    1. thick edible rootstock of elephant's-foot
  • Hottentot bread vine (noun)
    1. south African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark
  • Hottentot's bread (noun)
    1. thick edible rootstock of elephant's-foot
  • Hottentot's bread vine (noun)
    1. south African vine having a massive rootstock covered with deeply fissured bark
  • Irish soda bread (noun)
    1. round loaf made with soda and buttermilk; often containing caraway seeds and raisins
  • Italian bread (noun)
    1. unsweetened yeast-raised bread made without shortening and baked in long thick loaves with tapered ends
  • Jewish rye bread (noun)
    1. Judaism bread made with rye flour; usually contains caraway seeds
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