brown bread

B b

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [broun bred]
- /braʊn brɛd/
- /braʊn bred/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [broun bred]
- /braʊn brɛd/

Definitions of brown bread words

noun brown bread bread made with wholemeal flour, or with ingredients that give it a brown colour 3
noun brown bread bread made of dark flour 3
noun brown bread Boston brown bread 3
noun brown bread any bread made of flour darker in color than bolted wheat flour, especially graham or whole wheat bread. 1
noun brown bread Boston brown bread. 1
noun brown bread Bread with a brown colour as distinct from white bread, wholemeal, granary or other specific types of bread. 0

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Origin of brown bread

First appearance:

before 1350

One of the 20% oldest English words

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400

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Parts of speech for Brown bread

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Brown bread

brown bread popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 66% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

brown bread usage trend in Literature

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