loaf

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I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a loaf of bread
▪ He’s gone to buy a loaf of bread.
French loaf
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
ADJECTIVE
large
▪ Laura took a large plain loaf from the bread bin, and began slicing it.
▪ Total cooking time is 26-30 minutes for baguettes and up to 40 minutes for larger loaves.
▪ Knead, then shape into large loaf.
▪ She sent Talivaldis to the store for a large loaf of Wonder Bread and knocked on doors, issuing invitations.
round
▪ Waitrose La Fornaia Pugliese, a round loaf with a firm texture, 56p.
▪ The round dome calls for a round loaf and the final rise is done right on the clay plate.
▪ A round loaf is more natural and produces a much fresher product overall.
sliced
▪ Yes, I made a few mistakes at first, like cutting up their slices of salami to the thickness of a sliced loaf.
small
▪ She also found half a small loaf of brown bread.
▪ For twenty years they had baked a small loaf of bread for each child in the parish as a First Communion gift.
▪ More than that will yield a small gray loaf.
white
▪ She had brought a bowl of hot chicken broth, freshly baked white manchet loaves and a tankard of watered ale.
▪ Unless you desire the whitest possible loaf, unbleached flour is processed less and certainly white enough for white bread.
▪ Athelstan called the girl back and small, fresh white loaves, wrapped in a linen cloth, were immediately served.
wholemeal
▪ These days it isn't just those health-food cranks who are scurrying off to buy their brown wholemeal loaves.
▪ The communion wafers and wine, have been replaced with a wholemeal loaf and a bottle of home brew.
▪ Good news, except that it costs at least 10p more than other stoneground wholemeal loaves.
NOUN
meat
▪ Haslet is a pork meat loaf, which is flavoured with a variety of herbs and spices.
▪ Pate now describes meat loaves that are prepared with and without a crust.
▪ What that say up there? Meat loaf with greens and mash potatoes.
tin
▪ Pour into a loaf tin and bake at 350°C for about 1 hour or until cooked right through.
▪ Rinse a loaf tin with cold water and stand it in a dish surrounded by ice cubes.
VERB
bake
▪ The emergency bakeries are able to bake about 1,500 loaves an hour and are about the size of ten army trucks.
▪ When he visits, he bakes us loaves of pumpernickel bread.
▪ For twenty years they had baked a small loaf of bread for each child in the parish as a First Communion gift.
▪ But with a deli on every other block purveying all sorts of ethnic breads, l never baked a single loaf.
▪ If instant is all you have, bake the loaf after the second rise.
▪ Bookstores are feeding the new appetite as publishers bake up hot loaves of fresh poetry collections.
▪ Before forming and baking a loaf of Struan, take a close look at the dough.
▪ When baked, the loaf is usually thick-crusted and dense and does not color to a dark gold.
buy
▪ These days it isn't just those health-food cranks who are scurrying off to buy their brown wholemeal loaves.
▪ First I bought a loaf of bread and salami and made myself ten sandwiches to cross the country on.
▪ She had disappeared after setting out to buy a loaf of bread from a shop near her home.
▪ It is time to buy a fresh loaf, or perhaps some rolls or croissants this time?
▪ When however it is remembered that sugar was bought in loaves, the whole procedure becomes logical.
▪ On those boats you can buy anything from a loaf to a life.
form
▪ Punch down the dough and form it into loaves.
▪ A perfectly formed loaf brings the same satisfaction to its baker as does a perfectly thrown pot to a potter.
▪ Before forming and baking a loaf of Struan, take a close look at the dough.
make
▪ Every day, until we could not keep up with the demand, we would make a few extra loaves to sell.
▪ To make loaves, follow the directions on page 18.
▪ If bleached all-purpose flour is all you can get your hands on, make a loaf anyway.
▪ She makes six loaves a week.
▪ The less expensive salmon is a good choice for making salmon loaf and casserole dishes.
▪ This is what I think of as true peasant bread and it makes a terrific loaf for the picnic basket.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
half a loaf (is better than none)
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a nut loaf
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A cloth was spread on the ground, candles placed in jam jars on the corners, a loaf in the middle.
▪ He was glad Rebel had gone off towards the road, though he had probably run back by now for the loaf.
▪ It is a braided loaf with nuts, raisins, cherries and chopped citrus rind.
▪ She still wore a bun on the top of her head, which made her look rather like a nicely-rounded cottage loaf.
▪ The extra rises will affect the crust, texture, and flavor, usually giving a crustier, slightly more sour loaf.
▪ The kitchen bread-bin yielded three loaves of wrapped sliced white bread, and a single granary loaf.
▪ To make loaves, follow the directions on page 18.
▪ What emerges from that tainted oven will likely be a typical loaf of local politics leavened by big money.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ I've been loafing a bit for the last few days.
▪ Most of the time they just loaf around preening or sleeping off some heavy fish meal.
▪ No loafing around here; it takes 10 minutes to clean and replace a comfort stations, he said.
▪ Would I loaf around in Piccadilly Circus?

loaf

I. loaf¹ /ləʊf $ loʊf/ noun (plural loaves /ləʊvz $ loʊvz/)
[Language : Old English; Origin : hlaf]
1. [COUNTABLE]
bread that is shaped and baked in one piece and can be cut into slices:
　 ▪ a loaf of bread
white/wholemeal/granary etc loaf British English
a sliced loaf British English

2. [UNCOUNTABLE AND COUNTABLE]
food that has been cut into very small pieces, pressed together, and baked:
　 ▪ a meat loaf

3. use your loaf
British English old-fashioned used to tell someone to think more carefully about what they are doing

II. loaf² verb [INTRANSITIVE]
[date : 1800-1900; Origin : Probably from loafer]
written to spend time somewhere and not do very much SYN hang around/round
loaf around/about
　 ▪ They spend all day loafing around on street corners.