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Meaning of bread in English

bread
noun [ U ]
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/bred/ uk
/bred/
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a food made from flour, water, and usually yeast, mixed together and baked:
loaf of bread She went to the store to get a loaf of bread.
slice of bread He ate his soup with a slice of bread.
wholewheat (UK wholemeal) bread
sliced bread sliced bread
This bread was fresh yesterday but is now stale.
Do you bake your own bread?
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brown bread
corn bread
garlic bread
rye bread
soda bread
wheat bread
white bread
 
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your daily bread
bread and circuses
let's get this bread
man cannot live by bread alone
(Definition of bread from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

bread | Intermediate English

bread
noun [ C/U ]
us
/bred/
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a basic food made from flour, water, and yeast mixed together and baked:
[ U ] a slice/loaf of bread
slang Bread is also money.
(Definition of bread from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of bread

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What if one person hosted a gathering and made a side dish, bread and dessert, and everyone else brought a pot of their favorite soup?
From Washington Post
The resulting breads are incredibly gratifying and easily replicable.
From Huffington Post
Which brand of gluten-free bread do you buy?
From Huffington Post
Between the dal lentil, red rice, lamb curry and kebab, and freshly fired naan bread, the meal was plentiful.
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You can serve it with cheese, bread and a salad.
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And in return for that, they may get milk and bread and potatoes.
From NPR
She did, however, create sculptures using bread as the medium.
From San Francisco Chronicle
While this one isn't full of butter and heavy cream, red meat and bread crumbs aren't exactly the picture of health, either.
From Huffington Post
To combat some of these issues, manufacturers often add salt and sugar to whole-grain bread.
From NPR
He spoke about the rising prices of staples such as rice, wheat and bread.
From CNN
A few other places started to copy them, but their bread isn't as good.
From New York Post
The company, which has roots reaching back to 1930, has also suffered as consumers move away from white bread and toward more whole-grain breads.
From NPR
Sandwich bread is a mainstay in home kitchens -- what would our school lunches have been without sliced bread?
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There was another lady who kept coming in and telling us the bread was dirty, because it had flour on it.
From Los Angeles Times
No, high fructose corn syrup is not "sugar", and what's more, we don't need it added to our milk and bread.
From CNN
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Collocations with bread

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baked bread
One of the essential matters brought to our notice was the problem of delivery and of freshly baked bread.
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bread dough
This mix is then moistened to a consistency similar to bread dough, using a small amount of water.
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dry bread
It is probably dry bread today and margarine tomorrow.
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Translations of bread

in Chinese (Traditional)
麵包…
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面包…
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pan, pan [masculine]…
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pão, pães [masculine]…
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पाव…
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パン…
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ekmek, geçim…
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pain [masculine], pain…
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brood…
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மாவு, தண்ணீர் மற்றும் பொதுவாக ஈஸ்ட் ஆகியவற்றிலிருந்து தயாரிக்கப்படும் ஒரு உணவு, ஒன்றாக கலந்து சுடப்படுகிறது…
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ब्रेड, डबलरोटी…
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બ્રેડ, પાઉં રોટી…
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brød, daglige brød…
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bröd, levebröd…
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roti, sumber pendapatan…
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das Brot, der Lebensunterhalt…
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brød [neuter], brød, livets opphold…
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روٹی…
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хліб, шматок хліба, засоби для існування…
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хлеб…
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బ్రెడ్, పిండి, నీరు ఇంకా సామాన్యంగా యీస్ట్ ఈ మూడింటిని కలిపి వాటిని బేక్ చేసి (మంట లేక వేడి మీద కాల్చి) తయారు చేసే ఆహార పదార్ధం…
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خُبْز…
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পাঁউরুটি, ব্রেড্‌…
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chléb, živobytí…
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roti, nafkah…
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ขนมปัง, ชีวิตความเป็นอยู่, อาชีพ…
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bánh mỳ, kế sinh nhai…
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chleb, utrzymanie…
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빵…
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pane…
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