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bread
/bɹɛd/
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What does bread mean?
noun
- A foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals.
- Such foodstuff that is not difficult to chew, being not extremely hard, dense, and dry.
- Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.
More meanings (6)
noun
- Any variety of bread.
- (slang) Money.
- A piece of embroidery; a braid.
- (obsolete) Breadth.
verb
- To coat with breadcrumbs.
- To form in meshes; net.
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IPA pronunciation
/bɹɛd/
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See this word in context.
We lit no lamp for fear of attracting the Martians, and ever and again our hands would touch upon bread or meat.
He rubbed the sleep from his eyes, bathed in a little brook, and then ate a portion of his bread and cheese.
More book examples (3)
“A Pyncheon must not, at all events under her forefathers’ roof, receive money for a morsel of bread from her only friend!”
Indeed, many Russians reduced their consumption of higher priced meat, fish, milk, vegetables, and fruit, in favor of more bread and potatoes.
Oysters and clams would do very well, with an occasional supply of bread, but they soon failed in the absence of bread.