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bread

noun · verb

Simple meaning

A foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals.

Pronunciation

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brehd
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IPA pronunciation (US)

ˈbɹɛd

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Word Review

Definition

Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.

noun

  1. uncountable

    A foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals.

  2. Food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked

  3. uncountable

    Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.

  4. uncountableespecially

    Such foodstuff that is not difficult to chew, being not extremely hard, dense, and dry.

  5. countable

    Any variety of bread.

  6. A piece of embroidery; a braid.

verb

  1. transitive

    To form in meshes; net.

  2. transitive

    To coat with breadcrumbs.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
B1 · Intermediate
Frequency
Common
Typical Use
Everyday English

Word Aura™

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Aura for this meaning

This meaning: A foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals.

Used this way, bread is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a food and cooking use: everyday in kitchens and recipes.

Emotional tone
Neutral
Formality
Neutral
Intensity
Not strongly marked
How common
Moderately common
Connotation
Matter-of-fact
Usage feel
Neutral and straightforward

Where it naturally appears

  • Cooking/food
  • Everyday conversation

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More ways to use bread

  • “Bread the pork chops before frying them.”verb

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wheat breadcorn breadunleavened breadsome bread

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Word Family

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Compound terms

Established multiword terms.

  • bread moldnounCompound term

    A mold of the genus Rhizopus.

  • bread saucenounCompound term

    Creamy white sauce made with bread instead of flour and seasoned with cloves and onion.

  • bread-sticknounCompound term

    A crisp stick-shaped roll.

  • bread and butter picklenounCompound term

    Thinly sliced sweet pickles.

  • bread-and-butter issuenounCompound term

    An issue whose settlement will affect financial resources.

  • bread-binnounCompound term

    A container used to keep bread or cake in.

Related words

Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.

  • breadcrumbnounRelated term

    Crumb of bread.

  • breadfruit treenounRelated term

    Native to Pacific islands and having edible fruit with a texture like bread.

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