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51loaf — loaf1 /lohf/, n., pl. loaves /lohvz/. 1. a portion of bread or cake baked in a mass, usually oblong with a rounded top. 2. a shaped or molded mass of food, as of sugar or chopped meat: a veal loaf. 3. Brit. a. the rounded head of a cabbage,… …
52loaf — I [[t]loʊf[/t]] n. pl. loaves (lōvz). 1) coo a portion of bread or cake usu. baked in an oblong mass with a rounded top 2) coo a shaped or molded mass of food, as of chopped meat: a veal loaf[/ex] • Etymology: bef. 950; ME lo(o)f, OE hlāf loaf,… …
53Bread — For other uses, see Bread (disambiguation). Various leavened breads …
54bread — breadless, adj. breadlessness, n. /bred/, n. 1. a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked. 2. food or sustenance; livelihood …
55bread — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fresh ▪ hard, mouldy/moldy, soggy, stale ▪ This bread is going stale. ▪ crusty …
56loaf — 1. n. (pl. loaves) 1 a portion of baked bread, usu. of a standard size or shape. 2 a quantity of other food formed into a particular shape (sugar loaf; meat loaf). 3 sl. the head, esp. as a source of common sense (use your loaf). Phrases and… …
57Bread pan — A bread pan is a kitchen utensil in which bread is cooked. Its function is to shape bread while it is rising during baking. The most common shape of the bread pan is the loaf a convenient form from which usable slices of bread may be cut. The… …
58bread */*/*/ — UK [bred] / US noun [uncountable] 1) a common food made from flour, water, and usually yeast (= a substance that makes the bread grow larger). Bread is usually sold in a large piece called a loaf or made into smaller pieces called rolls. You… …
59bread — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. staff of life; white, rye, pumpernickel, sourdough, whole wheat, etc. bread; slang, money. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Grain product] Syn. loaf, baked goods, the staff of life. Types of bread include:… …
60bread — [OE] The general Germanic word for ‘bread’ in prehistoric times was what we now know as loaf; bread probably originally meant simply ‘(piece of) food’, but as bread was among the commonest foods, the word bread gradually became more specialized,… …
