Bread Bred Live Water Noun Bre Loaf/Slice/Piece White/Brown/Wholemeal

• a loaf/slice/piece of bread
• white/brown/wholemeal bread
• he had to live on bread and water for two weeks.
• people started going up to receive the bread and wine.

bread

1. a type of food made from flour, water and usually yeast mixed together and baked
• see also crispbread
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/crispbread
• a loaf/slice/piece of bread
• white/brown/wholemeal bread
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
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

Extra Examples

• He had to live on bread and water for two weeks.
• People started going up to receive the bread and wine.
• She tore off a large hunk of bread.
• This bread is going stale.
• What would you like on your bread?
• a plate of bread and butter
• bread thickly spread with peanut butter
• bread thickly spread with plum jam
• loaves of crusty French bread
• some nice crusty white bread
• the smell of freshly baked bread

Word Origin

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