loaf
- noun
- /loʊf/
- I ordered a fresh loaf of whole grain bread from the bakery for breakfast.
- a loaf of bread
- bake a loaf
- make a loaf
The pumpkin loaf is done and cold.
- The pumpkin loaf is done and cold.
- And when my mom makes a loaf of this bread, it does not last.
- I have enough to make a half loaf of sourdough.
- We are making lemon poppy seed loaf that I saw on Pinterest.
- My savoury loaf is large, juicy and moist.
- Hold on, we've got a loaf pan.
- You could think of the galaxies like raisins in a rising loaf of Raisin bread.
- Slapping someone on the wrist, you give them a loaf of bread.
- I'll settle for the crumbs instead of settling for the whole loaf.
- So words like granary mean nothing and malted loaf is actually just adding probably more sugar to it.
Examples
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Is this a loaf of the famous San Francisco sourdough bread?
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The pumpkin loaf is done and cold.
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And when my mom makes a loaf of this bread, it does not last.
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- And we got one fish and one loaf of bread.
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- You must save room for meat loaf.
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Before her in a white paper bag was a small round loaf of black bread.
Fiction book (1992) -
Brussels sprouts and meat loaf for dinner.
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And l've got a loaf of bread, proper white bread... and jam.
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My savoury loaf is large, juicy and moist.
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After baking in the oven, the loaf of bread was golden brown and fragrant.
Synonyms
A common food made by baking dough from flour, often with yeast
A shaped bread baked as one piece and usually sliced before eating
A long thin loaf of French bread with a crisp crust and soft inside
A soft, light bread made from white wheat flour
A sweet, moist bread made with mashed bananas often served as a snack
A type of bread baked recently that is not stale
A long crusty white bread like a baguette served with meals
Bread made with rye flour that is darker and denser than wheat bread
A type of bread made from the whole wheat grain that is denser and healthier than white bread
A long crusty loaf of bread made with yeast, not sweet and with tapered ends
A type of bread made from whole wheat flour that is darker and denser than white bread
A round loaf of bread with a thick crust and soft inside
A long thin loaf of white bread with a crisp crust, like a baguette
Bread made from whole grain flour that keeps all parts of the grain
Idioms
Compounds
- Archaic
A large hard block of sugar often shaped like a cone that people break into pieces at home
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Loaf comes from the old English word hlaf, which meant 'bread'. It named one shaped mass of baked bread, so a loaf today is a single, shaped block of bread or other food.