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- [bred]
- /brɛd/
- /bred/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bred]
- /brɛd/
Definitions of bread word
- variable noun bread Bread is a very common food made from flour, water, and yeast. 3
- uncountable noun bread If you earn your bread doing a particular job or activity, you earn your money doing it. 3
- verb bread If food such as fish or meat is breaded, it is covered in tiny pieces of dry bread called breadcrumbs. It can then be fried or grilled. 3
- noun bread a food made from a dough of flour or meal mixed with water or milk, usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked 3
- noun bread necessary food; nourishment 3
- noun bread a small loaf, piece of bread, or wafer of unleavened bread used in the Eucharist 3
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Origin of bread
First appearance:
before 950 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 950; 1950-55 for def 3; Middle English breed, Old English brēad fragment, morsel, bread; cognate with German Brot
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Parts of speech for Bread
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
bread popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
bread usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for bread
noun bread
- feed — to give a fee to.
- fare — the price of conveyance or passage in a bus, train, airplane, or other vehicle.
- nourishment — something that nourishes; food, nutriment, or sustenance.
- provisions — a clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
- grub — the thick-bodied, sluggish larva of several insects, as of a scarab beetle.
Antonyms for bread
noun bread
- deprivation — If you suffer deprivation, you do not have or are prevented from having something that you want or need.
- starvation — the act or state of starving; condition of being starved.
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