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date bread

date bread

1.6
A sweet bread with pieces of chopped dates
  • noun
  • /deɪt brɛd/
translation icon : pan de dátiles
  • She baked a fresh loaf of date bread for the family breakfast.

Examples

  • The date bread was moist and filled with pieces of sweet fruit.

  • Many people enjoy date bread with a cup of tea in the afternoon.

  • I love date bread for breakfast.

  • Have you tried date bread before?

  • Many people enjoy date bread with a cup of tea in the afternoon.

  • She baked a fresh loaf of date bread for the family breakfast.

  • The date bread was moist and filled with pieces of sweet fruit.

Synonyms

date-nut bread
vsdate bread
3.0

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

is similar but lacks added crunchy pieces and stays simpler

Surface Forms

date bread singular
date breads plural

Morphology

date + bread

The meaning 'a sweet bread made with chopped dates' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'date' (the fruit) with 'bread' (a baked dough), following the common English noun–noun compounding pattern where the first noun specifies the ingredient or flavor. This is a productive, cross-linguistically common construction (cf. 'banana bread', 'pumpkin bread'), so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Date bread comes from the simple idea of putting chopped dates into bread to make a sweet loaf. That's why it means 'a sweet bread made with chopped dates'.