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bread

765 1.0
A common food made by baking dough from flour, often with yeast
  • noun
  • /brɛd/
: pan
  • The baker delivered a warm loaf of bread to the market every morning.
  • loaf of bread
  • bake bread
  • bread and butter

It's like a permanent bread drink made from rye bread.

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Examples

  • Today, Oymyakon has just one food store, which sells bread, milk, horse and reindeer meat, and little else.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Researchers report that simple bread made with cattail flour doesn't taste so bad.

    Academic text (2011)
  • But for the most part, bread is pretty simple stuff.

  • "Even when it is the worst, we eat better white bread here than at home."

    Academic text (1992)
  • I brought you some bread.

  • We look for wine when we should be hunting bread.

  • Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us for our sins.

  • In the morning, the smell of bread toasting wound its way into our room.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • For breakfast, we got white bread, peanut butter, and marmalade with coffee, but no milk.

    Academic text (2008)
  • They just have all this delicious bread and some interesting dips.

Synonyms

loaf
vsbread
143 1.0

A shaped piece of food, often bread, baked or formed to slice and eat

is the general baked staple not limited to that single block shape
loaf of bread
vsbread
39 1.0

A shaped bread baked as one piece and usually sliced before eating

is the general staple food made by baking dough in various forms
cornbread
vsbread
  • US
25 2.4

A bread made from cornmeal usually served warm with butter

is the general baked staple made from wheat or mixed flours, not cornmeal
white bread
vsbread
14 1.0

A soft, light bread made from white wheat flour

is the general baked staple not limited to refined flour types
banana bread
vsbread
11 1.0

A sweet, moist bread made with mashed bananas often served as a snack

is the general baked staple, not a sweet quick cake like loaf
fresh bread
vsbread
10 1.0

A type of bread baked recently that is not stale

is the standard baked staple regardless of age or staleness
French bread
vsbread
8 1.0

A long crusty white bread like a baguette served with meals

is the general baked staple not limited to crusty, long sourdough types
fry bread
vsbread
  • US
5 6.1

A flat fried bread made from wheat or corn, often served in Native American communities

is the general baked staple normally baked in an oven not fried
rye bread
vsbread
4 2.2

Bread made with rye flour that is darker and denser than wheat bread

is the general baked staple, not specific to rye grain content or density
flatbread
vsbread
4 1.7

A thin, flat bread made from flour and water, often without yeast, like pita or naan

is the general baked staple that is typically raised with yeast or powder
whole wheat bread
vsbread
  • US
4 1.0

A type of bread made from the whole wheat grain that is denser and healthier than white bread

is the general baked staple, not restricted to whole grain milled flour
challah
vsbread
4 8.1

A soft braided egg bread usually eaten on the Jewish Sabbath

is the general baked staple, not specifically sweet, egg enriched, or braided
brown bread
vsbread
  • UK
3 1.0

A type of bread made from whole wheat flour that is darker and denser than white bread

is the general baked staple, not specifically darker or whole grain in makeup
Italian bread
vsbread
3 1.6

A long crusty loaf of bread made with yeast, not sweet and with tapered ends

is the general baked staple not specific to unsweetened or tapered variants
raisin bread
vsbread
2 1.3

A baked loaf with raisins mixed into the dough, often eaten sliced and toasted

is the general baked staple without added fruit or extra sweetness
black bread
vsbread
2 2.9

A dark, dense bread made from rye flour

is the general baked staple, not characterized by coarse rye or darkness
breadstuff
vsbread
  • Archaic
1 3.2

Food that people bake from dough, like loaves or rolls

is the common everyday name for that staple
1 2.6

A small fluffy bread that uses baking powder and people often eat for breakfast or as a side

is the general baked staple typically leavened with yeast or baking powder
1 1.0

A light, soft pale loaf often used for sandwiches and toast

is the general baked staple, not specifically soft or pale in texture
light bread
vsbread
1 3.1

A soft pale bread made from white wheat flour

is the general baked staple not defined by very fine flour or paleness
1 5.0

A moist rye bread that has molasses, spices, and orange flavour from Sweden

is the general baked staple, not the regionally flavored rye specialty

Antonyms

1 3.4

Not meant to be eaten, like cleaning supplies

Idioms

A way someone earns money to live

A very useful new thing that people say is great

To make someone lose the job or money they need to live

Do something kind without expecting anything back, hoping it helps later

To give someone money or a job so they can live

To benefit from two people or groups at the same time by being dishonest

To have enough money to live well for the rest of your life

A small, disappointing thing that does not help enough

Act to protect your own interests

To have enough money to live comfortably

9.7

To share bread and salt to show friendship and trust

Compounds

39 1.0

A shaped bread baked as one piece and usually sliced before eating

bread and butter
  • Informal
24 3.0

The main way a person earns money

14 1.0

A soft, light bread made from white wheat flour

daily bread
  • Informal
13 2.7

The food and other things you need to live each day

12 1.0

A slice of bread spread with garlic butter and toasted until crisp

11 1.0

A sweet, moist bread made with mashed bananas often served as a snack

10 1.0

A type of bread baked recently that is not stale

8 1.0

A long crusty white bread like a baguette served with meals

5 6.1

A flat fried bread made from wheat or corn, often served in Native American communities

4 2.2

Bread made with rye flour that is darker and denser than wheat bread

4 8.1

Like the white middle class and often boring or conventional

4 3.9

A loaf made with extra gluten flour that is chewy and high in protein

4 4.9

A line of people waiting for free food during hard times

A type of bread made from the whole wheat grain that is denser and healthier than white bread

4 1.2

A soft mixture of flour and water used to make bread

3 1.7

A long knife with a saw-like edge used for cutting bread

3 1.0

A type of bread made from whole wheat flour that is darker and denser than white bread

Bread made with a natural starter that has a slightly sour taste and a chewy crust

A long crusty loaf of bread made with yeast, not sweet and with tapered ends

2 2.8

An issue that affects people's money or daily living costs

2 1.9

A machine that makes bread at home by itself

2 1.3

A baked loaf with raisins mixed into the dough, often eaten sliced and toasted

2 2.9

A dark, dense bread made from rye flour

A flat bread made without yeast, often eaten at Passover

1 1.8

A bread made with chopped nuts mixed into the dough

1 5.1

A soft, creamy cornmeal bread you eat with a spoon

1 3.1

A sweet pull-apart pastry of baked dough pieces coated in butter, sugar and cinnamon

1 3.1

A bread made with baking powder or baking soda so it can be baked right away

A sweet loaf of bread made with cinnamon, often with raisins

1 2.3

A person who bakes bread or cakes for a living

1 3.7

A creamy white sauce made from bread and flavored with cloves and onion, served with chicken or turkey

1 3.7

A common fungus that often grows on bread and looks fuzzy

1 2.7

A loaf made from whole wheat or other dark flours

1 1.6

A container that keeps bread or cake fresh on the kitchen counter

1 2.8

A small round bread with a hollow inside to hold fillings

1 1.6

A sweet bread with pieces of chopped dates

1 3.5

Bread made with a mixture of flour and water that has natural yeast, giving a tangy taste

A sweet moist loaf that has chopped dates and nuts, often eaten as a snack or dessert

A white wheat bread made with bacteria that can grow in salty dough and a cornmeal starter

A round loaf made with baking soda and buttermilk, often with raisins or caraway seeds

1 2.5

Bread made with small chopped onions mixed into the dough

bread and salt
  • Literature
1 5.2

A welcome gesture offering bread and salt to guests

A sweet thin slice of cucumber kept in vinegar, sugar, and onion

1 4.7

Bread cooked in a skillet over a fire, often made as cornbread or soda bread with ham added

A light, soft pale loaf often used for sandwiches and toast

1 2.7

A board used for cutting bread and working dough

1 2.3

A sweet bread often made with dried fruit and served with tea

pilot bread
  • Archaic
1 8.1

A very hard plain biscuit that keeps for a long time and sailors use on ships

An eight-day Jewish festival in spring that remembers the Israelites leaving Egypt

1 2.0

Bread made from whole grain flour that keeps all parts of the grain

1 3.1

A soft pale bread made from white wheat flour

A moist rye bread that has molasses, spices, and orange flavour from Sweden

1 8.1

A soft bread made from cornmeal with a wet, thick mixture you eat with a spoon

A type of cornbread cooked in a frying pan that has a crisp golden crust

1 4.9

A bread made from coarse whole wheat flour

Bread made with small pieces of wheat that make it coarse and nutty

1 9.9

A yeast bread made with white flour, cornmeal, and molasses from New England

A dark bread made from rye flour with a tangy taste and caraway seeds

monkey bread
  • South African
1 9.9

A large fruit of the baobab tree with soft edible pulp

A dark steamed bread made from cornmeal and molasses, often served warm

A slice of sweet bread that is baked twice until it turns hard and crisp

bread god
  • Informal
9.1

A very skilled baker who people call as a joke

Bread made with caraway seeds that give it a warm, strong flavor

9.9

A plant with three-part heart-shaped leaves and white flowers with purple veins often in damp woods

dika bread
  • South African
9.9

A soft brown paste made from roasted wild mango seeds used as food and to thicken soups

A bread people make and share at celebrations to show freedom

monkey-bread tree
  • South African
9.9

A large African tree with a very thick trunk that has fruit with a soft inside that people eat

9.9

A thick starchy root that people eat in southern Africa

A climbing plant from South Africa with a large rough root like an elephant's foot

A large root that people eat and that grows in southern Africa

A South African vine with a very large underground tuber

kaffir bread
  • Archaic
9.9

A South African plant whose thick starchy centre people eat

9.9

A powder made from ground carob seeds used instead of cocoa powder

How Filling

wholemeal bread
  • UK
1 2.0
rye bread
4 2.2
bread
765 1.0
white bread
14 1.0
crispbread
1 3.3

Surface Forms

bread singular
breads plural

Etymology

Bread originally meant 'a piece' or 'a bit' of food in old English, and it came to name the baked loaf we break and share; this is the same root as German Brot, which helps explain why it means the basic food we eat.