Bread
noun
A type of food made of flour, water, and usually yeast or another leavening agent, mixed together and baked.
I'm going to the bakery to buy some bread for breakfast.
Often appears as...
- slice of bread
- loaf of bread
noun
Money.
He's trying to earn some bread for his family.
Often appears as...
- earning bread
- bread winner
Usage tips
Informal
Idiomatic
verb
To cover food with bread crumbs before cooking, usually frying.
You need to bread the chicken before frying it.
Often appears as...
- bread the chicken
- bread and fry
noun
The main part or essential part of anything.
Bread of life, bread and butter
Often appears as...
- bread of life
- bread and butter job
Usage tips
Idiomatic
noun
A type of food made of flour, water, and usually yeast or another leavening agent, mixed together and baked.
I'm going to the bakery to buy some bread for breakfast.
Often appears as...
- slice of bread
- loaf of bread
noun
Money.
He's trying to earn some bread for his family.
Often appears as...
- earning bread
- bread winner
Usage tips
Informal
Idiomatic
verb
To cover food with bread crumbs before cooking, usually frying.
You need to bread the chicken before frying it.
Often appears as...
- bread the chicken
- bread and fry
noun
The main part or essential part of anything.
Bread of life, bread and butter
Often appears as...
- bread of life
- bread and butter job
Usage tips
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Staple
Bread is fundamental in many cultures, often representing sustenance and life.
In many countries, bread is a crucial part of the daily diet.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Yeast
Some breads, like flatbreads, don't use yeast and have different textures.
Pita and naan are examples of yeast-free breads.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Phrases
The phrase 'breaking bread' means to share a meal and foster good relations.
We're looking forward to breaking bread with our new neighbors.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Staple
Bread is fundamental in many cultures, often representing sustenance and life.
In many countries, bread is a crucial part of the daily diet.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Yeast
Some breads, like flatbreads, don't use yeast and have different textures.
Pita and naan are examples of yeast-free breads.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Phrases
The phrase 'breaking bread' means to share a meal and foster good relations.
We're looking forward to breaking bread with our new neighbors.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Staple
Bread is fundamental in many cultures, often representing sustenance and life.
In many countries, bread is a crucial part of the daily diet.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Yeast
Some breads, like flatbreads, don't use yeast and have different textures.
Pita and naan are examples of yeast-free breads.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Phrases
The phrase 'breaking bread' means to share a meal and foster good relations.
We're looking forward to breaking bread with our new neighbors.
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Rescuing the UK's Rarest...
enough for things like mice and bowls to get through the gaps and i'm sure they're catching live prayer as well and that's really important because once a wildcat makes that first live kill it's a hunter from then on these guys really do hold on to predatory instincts quite quickly so how many wildcats have you bred here so we really started breeding
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Peter Reinhart: The art...
have had sort of this onus of being health food breads, and people don't like to eat, quote, health food. They like to eat healthy and healthily, but when we think of something as a health food, we think of it as something we eat out of obligation, not out of passion and love for the flavor.
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Why do cats act so...
survival of their species depended on crucial instinctual behaviors which we still observe in wild and domestic cats today. While the feline actions of your house cat Grizmo might seem perplexing, in the wild, these same behaviors, naturally bred into cats for millions of years,
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Do we really need...
Records from thousands of years ago suggest that humans actively burned some of their crops after harvest to rid them of pests. There's even evidence from ancient times that we recruited other insects to help. In 300 A.D., Chinese farmers specially bred ferocious predatory ants
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We Are What We Eat:...
keep in the stomach of a sheep. It preserves really well and it's easy to transport and it's very highly prized in that part of the world. So that would be your typical meal. Slices of butter, milk tea with salt in it often and then "naan". Naan is the flat bread you see here.
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Chimamanda Ngozi...
so that sometimes, my parents were not paid their salaries. And so, as a child, I saw jam disappear from the breakfast table, then margarine disappeared, then bread became too expensive, then milk became rationed. And most of all, a kind of normalized political fear
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Earworms: Those songs...
The last hundred years have seen an incredible proliferation of devices that help you listen to the same thing again and again. Records, cassettes, CDs, or streamed audio files. Have these technologies bread some kind of unique, contemporary experience,
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How do carbohydrates...
These foods have a high glycemic index, the amount that a particular food raises the sugar level in your blood. Soda and white bread have a similar glycemic index because they have a similar effect on your blood sugar.
Video examples
Louise Fresco on feeding...
I'm not at all a cook. So don't fear, this is not going to be a cooking demonstration. But I do want to talk to you about something that I think is dear to all of us. And that is bread -- something which is as simple
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How to rebuild the world...
complex mechanisms of the windmill and we take that flour and we cook it we bake bread and the heat of the fire makes the food taste nice but most importantly helps to break down the food
Video examples
Rescuing the UK's Rarest...
enough for things like mice and bowls to get through the gaps and i'm sure they're catching live prayer as well and that's really important because once a wildcat makes that first live kill it's a hunter from then on these guys really do hold on to predatory instincts quite quickly so how many wildcats have you bred here so we really started breeding
Video examples
Peter Reinhart: The art...
have had sort of this onus of being health food breads, and people don't like to eat, quote, health food. They like to eat healthy and healthily, but when we think of something as a health food, we think of it as something we eat out of obligation, not out of passion and love for the flavor.
Video examples
Why do cats act so...
survival of their species depended on crucial instinctual behaviors which we still observe in wild and domestic cats today. While the feline actions of your house cat Grizmo might seem perplexing, in the wild, these same behaviors, naturally bred into cats for millions of years,
Video examples
Do we really need...
Records from thousands of years ago suggest that humans actively burned some of their crops after harvest to rid them of pests. There's even evidence from ancient times that we recruited other insects to help. In 300 A.D., Chinese farmers specially bred ferocious predatory ants
Video examples
We Are What We Eat:...
keep in the stomach of a sheep. It preserves really well and it's easy to transport and it's very highly prized in that part of the world. So that would be your typical meal. Slices of butter, milk tea with salt in it often and then "naan". Naan is the flat bread you see here.
Video examples
Chimamanda Ngozi...
so that sometimes, my parents were not paid their salaries. And so, as a child, I saw jam disappear from the breakfast table, then margarine disappeared, then bread became too expensive, then milk became rationed. And most of all, a kind of normalized political fear
Video examples
Earworms: Those songs...
The last hundred years have seen an incredible proliferation of devices that help you listen to the same thing again and again. Records, cassettes, CDs, or streamed audio files. Have these technologies bread some kind of unique, contemporary experience,
Video examples
How do carbohydrates...
These foods have a high glycemic index, the amount that a particular food raises the sugar level in your blood. Soda and white bread have a similar glycemic index because they have a similar effect on your blood sugar.
Video examples
Louise Fresco on feeding...
I'm not at all a cook. So don't fear, this is not going to be a cooking demonstration. But I do want to talk to you about something that I think is dear to all of us. And that is bread -- something which is as simple
Video examples
How to rebuild the world...
complex mechanisms of the windmill and we take that flour and we cook it we bake bread and the heat of the fire makes the food taste nice but most importantly helps to break down the food
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Quote examples
Laura Wasser
American Lawyer
I think if you're going to be in a relationship with someone, you need to be able to share the responsibility, the knowledge, the worry. It's not like it was when our parents or their parents were having lives where the mom just baked bread, and the husband worried about it, and the wife didn't know there was any problem.
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John McCarthy
American Politician
It is said that man doesn't live by bread alone. Sometimes this is unfortunate, because people who cannot live by bread alone too often kill other people in consequence of the fights they get into.
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Neil Nitin Mukesh
Indian Actor
Music is something that I've been passionate about. I play the piano and sing, but I always knew that it was never going to be my bread and butter. I was very interested in acting.
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Jay Samit
American Businessman
Some of the most lasting contacts and friendships that I have developed began by just grabbing a drink or breaking bread with a stranger at an industry event.
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Greg Vaughan
I grew up with a respect for sitting down and breaking bread with my family and loved ones, so I always try to make great memories for my kids.
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Natasha Rothwell
American Actress
In a world where you graduate with a theater degree from college, you gotta find your bread job. You gotta find that job to pay the bills.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
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Gwyneth Paltrow
American Actress
I eat whatever I want. I like bread and cheese and wine, and that makes my life fun and enjoyable.
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Hugh Grant
English Actor
Courage is soldiers fighting on the front line, or people living on the bread line.
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Coco Lee
Chinese Musician
I was bred and raised in a multi-cultural music background.
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Laura Wasser
American Lawyer
I think if you're going to be in a relationship with someone, you need to be able to share the responsibility, the knowledge, the worry. It's not like it was when our parents or their parents were having lives where the mom just baked bread, and the husband worried about it, and the wife didn't know there was any problem.
Quote examples
John McCarthy
American Politician
It is said that man doesn't live by bread alone. Sometimes this is unfortunate, because people who cannot live by bread alone too often kill other people in consequence of the fights they get into.
Quote examples
Neil Nitin Mukesh
Indian Actor
Music is something that I've been passionate about. I play the piano and sing, but I always knew that it was never going to be my bread and butter. I was very interested in acting.
Quote examples
Jay Samit
American Businessman
Some of the most lasting contacts and friendships that I have developed began by just grabbing a drink or breaking bread with a stranger at an industry event.
Quote examples
Greg Vaughan
I grew up with a respect for sitting down and breaking bread with my family and loved ones, so I always try to make great memories for my kids.
Quote examples
Natasha Rothwell
American Actress
In a world where you graduate with a theater degree from college, you gotta find your bread job. You gotta find that job to pay the bills.
Quote examples
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.
Quote examples
Gwyneth Paltrow
American Actress
I eat whatever I want. I like bread and cheese and wine, and that makes my life fun and enjoyable.
Quote examples
Hugh Grant
English Actor
Courage is soldiers fighting on the front line, or people living on the bread line.
Quote examples
Coco Lee
Chinese Musician
I was bred and raised in a multi-cultural music background.
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