bread
bread [bread breads breaded breading] BrE [bred] NAmE [bred] noun uncountable
1. a type of food made from flour, water and usually ↑yeast mixed together and baked
•a loaf/slice/piece of bread
•white/brown/wholemeal bread
see also ↑crispbread, ↑French bread, ↑gingerbread
2. (old-fashioned, slang)money
more at your daily bread at ↑daily adj., half a loaf is better than no bread at ↑half det., know which side your bread is buttered at ↑know v., the best thing since sliced bread at sliced
Idiom: ↑take the bread out of somebody's mouth
Word Origin:
Old English brēad, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch brood and German Brot.
Example Bank:
•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
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