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, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH bread

bread bred

Words nearby bread

breach of contract, breach of faith, breach of promise, breach of the peace, breach of trust, bread, bread and butter, bread and circuses, bread and honey, bread flour, bread knife

British Dictionary definitions for take the bread out of someone's mouth

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 take the bread out of someone's mouth (1 of 2)

take the bread out of someone's mouth

Deprive someone of his or her livelihood, as in Lowering wages is taking the bread out of the workers' mouths. [c. 1700]

Idioms and Phrases with take the bread out of someone's mouth (2 of 2)

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