bread
Etymology 1
From (etyl) bred, breed, from (etyl) .
Noun
(uncountable) A foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals.
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(countable) Any variety of bread.
(slang) Money.
Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.
* Bible, (w) vi. 11
- Give us this day our daily bread .
Synonyms
* dough, folding stuff, lolly, spondulicks, wonga
Usage notes
* loaf, slice, piece, hunk are some of the words used to count bread.
Derived terms
* aerated bread
* Afghan bread
* altar bread
* Amish friendship bread
* ammunition bread
* anadama bread
* apple potato bread
* Armenian cracker bread
* artisan bread
* bake someone's bread
* banana bread
* Barbari bread
* barley bread
* batter bread
* bee-bread
* beer bread
* biscuit bread
* black bread
* blackfellow's bread
* Boston brown bread
* bread and butter
* bread and cheese
* bread and circuses
* bread and honey
* bread and milk
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* bread and salt
* bread and scrape
* bread and water
* bread and wine
* bread-artist
* bread bag
* bread-barge
* bread-basket, breadbasket
* bread-bearer
* bread beetle
* bread-berry, breadberry
* bread bin
* bread board, breadboard
* bread bowl
* breadbox
* bread-brake
* bread buttered on both sides
* bread-chipper
* bread clip
* bread-controller
* bread-corn, breadcorn
* breadcrumb
* bread-crust bomb
* bread dough
* bread-dust
* breaden
* bread-flake
* bread-fleigh
* bread flour
* breadfruit
* bread-god
* bread-head, breadhead
* breadish
* breadkind
* bread knife
* bread-jelly
* bread-lepe
* breadless
* bread line, breadline
* bread machine
* bread maker
* bread-meal
* bread mold, bread mould
* breadness
* bread-nut, breadnut
* bread of affliction
* bread of idleness
* bread of life
* bread of wheat
* bread palm
* bread pan
* bread pill
* bread poultice
* bread-powder
* bread pudding
* bread-purveyor
* bread roll
* bread-room, breadroom
* bread-root, breadroot, breadroot scurf pea
* bread sauce
* bread-science
* bread-study
* bread-skep
* bread starter
* bread-steward
* bread-stick, breadstick
* bread study
* bread-stuff, breadstuff
* bread tag
* bread-ticket
* bread-trade
* bread tree, bread-tree
* bread-unit
* bread upon the waters
* bread wheat
* bread-winner, breadwinner
* bread-worship
* breadwort
* bready
* break bread
* brown bread
* bush bread
* butterbread
* butter one's bread on both sides
* cake-bread
* caraway seed bread
* cast one's bread upon the waters
* cheat-bread
* cheese and bread
* chub bread
* ciabatta bread
* cinnamon bread
* clap-bread, clapbread
* cocket-bread
* corn bread, cornbread
* corn rye bread
* court holy bread
* cracked-wheat bread
* cracker bread
* cream of tartar bread
* crisp bread, crispbread
* Cuban bread
* cuckoo bread
* curry bread
* daily bread
* dark bread
* date bread
* date-nut bread
* dika bread
* dole bread
* dry bread
* egg bread
* eggy bread
* embread
* fairy bread
* fancy bread
* flat bread, flatbread
* focaccia bread
* French bread
* fried bread
* fry bread, frybread
* full of bread
* garlic bread
* gingerbread
* gluten bread
* God's bread
* Graham bread
* granary bread
* Gyeongju bread
* hard bread
* hare's bread
* have one's bread buttered for life
* haver bread
* hog's bread
* holy bread
* horse-bread
* Hottentot's bread
* household bread
* Hwangnam bread
* in bad bread
* in-bread
* inbread
* Indian bread
* in good bread
* Irish soda bread
* Italian bread
* Jewish rye bread
* John's bread
* Kaffir bread, kaffir bread
* know which side one's bread is buttered on
* lava bread, laver bread, laverbread
* light bread
* limpa bread
* liquid bread
* loaf bread
* loaf of bread
* mandel bread
* marble rye bread
* mealie bread
* melon bread
* monkey bread, monkey's bread
* moulding of cockle bread, moulding of cocklety bread
* multigrain bread
* native bread
* new bread
* nut bread
* 'od's bread
* olive bread
* onion bread
* pan bread
* pilot bread
* pita bread, pitta bread
* plain bread
* pocket bread
* potato bread
* Pugliese bread
* pumpernickel bread
* pumpkin bread
* raised bread
* quick bread
* raisin bread
* ravel bread, ravelled bread
* riddle-bread
* Russian black bread
* Russian Easter bread
* rye bread
* sacramental bread
* sad bread
* Saint John's bread, St John's bread
* salt-rising bread
* sausage bread
* schiacciata bread
* science bread
* sea bread
* Seminole bread
* shew-bread, shewbread, show-bread, showbread
* ship bread
* shortbread
* singing bread
* skillet bread
* skillet corn bread
* sliced bread
* soda bread
* sour bread, sourbread
* sourdough bread
* sow bread, sow-bread, sowbread
* spoon bread, spoonbread
* sugar-bread
* sunflower bread
* Swedish limpa bread
* Swedish rye bread
* sweet bread
* sweetbread
* sweetcorn bread
* sweet rye bread
* swine-bread
* take bread and salt
* take the bread out of someone's mouth
* tea-bread
* temse bread, temsed bread
* therf-bread
* tiger bread
* to-bread
* twice-baked bread
* unleavened bread
* Veda bread
* wastel bread
* wheat bread
* white bread
* whole-grain bread, wholegrain bread
* whole meal bread, whole-meal bread, wholemeal bread
* whole wheat bread, whole-wheat bread, wholewheat bread
* yeast bread
* zatar bread
Verb
(
en verb)
to coat with breadcrumbs
Derived terms
* breaded
* breading
See also
* loaf
Etymology 2
From (etyl) brede, from (etyl) .
Derived terms
*
Etymology 3
From (etyl) breden, from (etyl) .
Verb
(
en verb)
(dialectal) To make broad; spread.
- (Ray)
Etymology 4
Variant of braid, from (etyl) breden, from (etyl) .
Alternative forms
* (l), (l)
Verb
(
en verb)
To form in meshes; net.
Noun
(
en noun)
A piece of embroidery; a braid.