bread
[ bred ]
/ brɛd /
noun
a kind of food made of flour or meal that has been mixed with milk or water, made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or other leavening agent, and baked.
food or sustenance; livelihood: to earn one's bread.
Slang.
money.
Ecclesiastical.
the wafer or bread used in a Eucharistic service.
verb (used with object)
Cookery.
to cover with breadcrumbs or meal.
Idioms for bread
Origin of bread
before 950; 1950–55
for def 3; Middle English
breed, Old English
brēad fragment, morsel, bread; cognate with German
Brot
OTHER WORDS FROM bread
bread·less, adjective bread·less·ness, noun un·bread·ed, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH bread
bread bredWords nearby bread
Example sentences from the Web for bread
British Dictionary definitions for bread
bread
/ (brɛd) /
noun
verb
(tr)
to cover with breadcrumbs before cooking
breaded veal
Word Origin for bread
Old English
brēad; related to Old Norse
braud, Old Frisian
brād, Old High German
brōt
Idioms and Phrases with bread
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