bread
n.
type of food made from baked wheat; food in general regarded as a means of survival; money (Slang)
v.
coat in bread crumbs
Bread
Bread is
staple food of
European,
Middle Eastern and
Indian cultures which is prepared by
baking,
steaming, or
frying dough. Bread consists minimally of
flour and
water;
salt is present in most cases, and usually a
leavening agent such as
yeast is used. Bread may also contain some amounts of
sugar,
spices,
fruit (such as
raisins,
pumpkin or
bananas),
vegetables (like
onion or
zucchini),
nuts, or
seeds (such as
caraway,
sesame or
poppy seeds). There are a wide variety of breads, with preferences differing from region to region.
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bread
Noun
1. food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
(synonym) breadstuff, staff of life
(hypernym) baked goods
(hyponym) anadama bread
(part-holonym) sandwich
(substance-meronym) flour
2. informal terms for money
(synonym) boodle, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, lucre, loot, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum
(hypernym) money
Verb
1. cover with bread crumbs; "bread the pork chops before frying them"
(hypernym) cover
(derivation) breadstuff, staff of life
(classification) cooking, cookery, preparation
brear
v.
abuse, injure, harm, mistreat; tease, taunt, mock
Bread
(v. t.)
To cover with bread crumbs, preparatory to cooking; as, breaded cutlets.
(n.)
Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.
(n.)
An article of food made from flour or meal by moistening, kneading, and baking.
(a.)
To spread.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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