garlic bread
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- noun
- /ˈɡɑrlɪk brɛd/
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pan de ajo
- Then beef lasagne, some chips and some garlic bread, please.
- salad and garlic bread
- spaghetti and garlic bread
- loaf of garlic bread
I would love some garlic bread, please.
- I would love some garlic bread, please.
- It's like a garlic bread stuffed with meat, like different kinds of meat.
- And, and he said he was, and we went to Carluccio's and we had pizza and garlic bread.
Examples
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Garlic bread is my favorite food.
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You want some garlic bread?
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I would love some garlic bread, please.
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We'll all have garlic bread while we're waiting.
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This is actually really good garlic bread.
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Could you pass me some garlic bread?
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Do you like garlic bread?
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I'll have some garlic bread, love.
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I'll make bouillabaisse and fresh garlic bread.
Fiction book (1999) -
I would love some garlic bread, please.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'garlic' (a flavoring) + 'bread' (baked dough) describes bread flavored with garlic. This type of noun–noun combination is common cross-linguistically (e.g., Spanish 'pan de ajo', French 'pain à l'ail') and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Garlic bread comes from a simple kitchen idea: people would toast a slice of bread and rub it with crushed garlic or spread garlic butter on top. So garlic bread means bread that is 'flavored with garlic' and toasted.