bread

CEFRA1

/brɛd/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    Food made from baked flour and water.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.

Examples

  • She bought a fresh loaf of sourdough bread from the bakery.

  • You neglected to tell me to buy bread.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /bɹed/
  • /bɹɛd/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals.

  2. Any variety of bread.

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

More examples

In context

  • Do you have bread for lunch?

  • My mother used to send me for the bread.

  • Some breads are harder and drier than others.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English bred, breed, from Old English brēad (“fragment, bit, morsel, crumb", also "bread”), from Proto-West Germanic *braud, from Proto-Germanic *braudą (“bread”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerw-, *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil; to brew”), from *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”). Alternatively, from Proto-Germanic *braudaz, *brauþaz (“broken piece, fragment”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰera- (“to split, beat, hew, struggle”) (see brittle). Perhaps a conflation of the two. Possibly a doublet of broa. Cognates Cognate with Scots breid (“bread”), Yola breed (“bread”), North Frisian bruad, Bruar, brüüdj (“bread”), Saterland Frisian Brood (“bread”), West Frisian brea (“bread”), Alemannic German brot,...