bread-and-butter

bread-and-but·ter

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [bred and buht-er]
- /brɛd ænd ˈbʌt ər/
- /bred ənd ˈbʌtə(r)/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [bred and buht-er]
- /brɛd ænd ˈbʌt ər/

Definitions of bread-and-butter word

adjective bread-and-butter providing a livelihood or basic source of income; supplying the basic needs of life: a bread-and-butter job; the agency's bread-and-butter account. 1
adjective bread-and-butter of or relating to basic needs: housing and other bread-and-butter political issues. 1
adjective bread-and-butter basic or everyday; staple; routine. 1
adjective bread-and-butter expressing thanks for hospitality: a bread-and-butter letter. 1
noun bread-and-butter bread spread with butter. 1
noun bread-and-butter a basic means of support; source of livelihood; sustenance: The automobile industry is the bread and butter of many Detroiters. 1

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Origin of bread-and-butter

First appearance:

before 1720

One of the 49% newest English words

First recorded in 1720-30; adj. use of noun phrase bread and butter

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Parts of speech for Bread-and-butter

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Bread-and-butter

bread-and-butter popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Synonyms for bread-and-butter

adj bread-and-butter

fiscal — of or relating to the public treasury or revenues: fiscal policies.
industrial — of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or resulting from industry: industrial production; industrial waste.
commercial — Commercial means involving or relating to the buying and selling of goods.
monetary — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
material — the substance or substances of which a thing is made or composed: Stone is a durable material.

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