Bread Bred Baked Butter Noun Loaf/Slice/Piece White/Brown/Wholemeal Smell

• a loaf/slice/piece of bread
• white/brown/wholemeal bread
• the smell of freshly baked bread
• a plate of bread and butter

bread

1. a type of food made from flour, water and usually yeast mixed together and baked
• SEE ALSO crispbread
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• a loaf/slice/piece of bread
• white/brown/wholemeal bread
• the smell of freshly baked bread
• a plate of bread and butter

Extra Examples

• He had to live on bread and water for two weeks.
• She tore off a large hunk of bread.
• This bread is going stale.
• What would you like on your bread?
• oysters accompanied by slices of fresh rye bread
• bread thickly spread with peanut butter
• loaves of crusty French bread
• some nice crusty white bread
• People started going up to receive the bread and wine (= in a church service).
2. money
3. if you say that something is the best thing since sliced bread, you think it is extremely good, interesting, etc.
4. the basic things that you need to live, especially food
5. you should be grateful for something, even if it is not as good, much, etc. as you really wanted; something is better than nothing
• The offer only amounted to half a loaf, but campaigners grabbed it anyway.
6. to know where you can get an advantage for yourself
7. to take away somebody’s job so that they are no longer able to earn enough money to live

Word Origin

• Old English brēad, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch brood and German Brot.