loaf of bread
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- noun
- /loʊf əv brɛd/
:
barra de pan
- You buy a loaf of bread at the local bakery.
- make a loaf of bread
You buy a loaf of bread at the local bakery.
- You buy a loaf of bread at the local bakery.
- Maybe a parent is justified in stealing a loaf of bread to feed his or her hungry family.
- We agree that that is a lot of dough for a loaf of bread.
- And AOC says the people that are looting the stores are mothers who have hungry children who just want a loaf of bread.
- I can't give my daughter a Tom Papa loaf of bread.
- What do you think this is you are making a smaller loaf of bread.
- We actually would save bread bags from, you know, loaves of bread.
- She'll cook sausages and put the loaf of bread.
- So it's a sandwich on and it's a loaf, an entire loaf of bread basically that's split long ways.
- It smells like it smells like a loaf of bread.
Examples
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For months he lived on a loaf of bread and a bottle of milk a day.
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The bread basket had a loaf of bread that looked like it wasn't fresh.
Fiction book (1995) -
- And we got one fish and one loaf of bread.
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Oh, why are you crying, with three loaves of bread under your arm?
Fiction book (1995) -
Here she comes to buy a little cheese and a loaf of bread.
Fiction book (1991) -
Consider all that must happen, for example, for a loaf of bread to appear on the shelves at a supermarket.
Academic text (2001) -
She was getting a loaf of bread.
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After Jesus' sermon, he told us to feed everyone but all we had were five loaves of bread and two fish.
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If you give a hungry man a loaf of bread, that's democracy.
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You buy a loaf of bread at the local bakery.
Synonyms
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A common food made by baking dough from flour, often with yeast
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A shaped piece of food, often bread, baked or formed to slice and eat
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2.6
A long thin loaf of French bread with a crisp crust and soft inside
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A soft, light bread made from white wheat flour
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A slice of bread spread with garlic butter and toasted until crisp
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A sweet, moist bread made with mashed bananas often served as a snack
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A type of bread baked recently that is not stale
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A long crusty white bread like a baguette served with meals
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2.2
Bread made with rye flour that is darker and denser than wheat bread
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A type of bread made from the whole wheat grain that is denser and healthier than white bread
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1.6
A long crusty loaf of bread made with yeast, not sweet and with tapered ends
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A type of bread made from whole wheat flour that is darker and denser than white bread
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2.9
A dark, dense bread made from rye flour
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
A light, soft pale loaf often used for sandwiches and toast
Bread made from whole grain flour that keeps all parts of the grain
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Morphology
The noun phrase's meaning is directly compositional: 'loaf' (a shaped mass of baked bread) combined with 'of' + 'bread' yields exactly 'a shaped mass of bread'. This is a regular noun + of + noun construction found across languages and follows straightforward English composition, so a B1 learner who knows the parts will readily understand it.
Etymology
Loaf of bread comes from the simple image of one shaped loaf of bread baked as a single piece for a family to share. So today it means 'a single baked piece of bread'.