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21Bread — Among the Jews was generally made of wheat (Ex. 29:2; Judg. 6:19), though also sometimes of other grains (Gen. 14:18; Judg. 7:13). Parched grain was sometimes used for food without any other preparation (Ruth 2:14). Bread was prepared by… …
22bread — /bred/ noun (U) 1 a common important food made from flour, water, and yeast: Would you like some bread with your soup? | a loaf of bread (=a large piece of bread that you buy and cut into pieces) | a slice of bread (=a thin piece of bread that… …
23bread — {{11}}bread (n.) O.E. bread bit, crumb, morsel; bread, cognate with O.N. brauð, Dan. brèd, O.Fris. brad, M.Du. brot, Du. brood, Ger. Brot). According to one theory [Watkins, etc.] from from P.Gmc. *brautham, which would be from the root of BREW… …
24bread — /brɛd / (say bred) noun 1. a food made of flour or meal, milk or water, etc., made into a dough or batter, with or without yeast or the like, and baked. 2. food or sustenance; livelihood: to earn one s bread. 3. Ecclesiastical the wafer or bread… …
25bread */*/*/ — UK [bred] / US noun [uncountable] 1) a common food made from flour, water, and usually yeast (= a substance that makes the bread grow larger). Bread is usually sold in a large piece called a loaf or made into smaller pieces called rolls. You… …
26bread — Barley was generally used for making bread, though wheat was not unknown, and even lentils and beans (Ezek. 4:9) combined with grain. A little of old fermented dough was added to the new mixture as leaven to make it rise. The ‘showbread’ or… …
27bread — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. staff of life; white, rye, pumpernickel, sourdough, whole wheat, etc. bread; slang, money. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Grain product] Syn. loaf, baked goods, the staff of life. Types of bread include:… …
28bread — [[t]bre̱d[/t]] ♦♦♦ breads, breading, breaded 1) N MASS Bread is a very common food made from flour, water, and yeast. to know what side your bread is buttered on → see butter ...a loaf of bread. ...bread and butter... There is more fibre in… …
29bread — [OE] The general Germanic word for ‘bread’ in prehistoric times was what we now know as loaf; bread probably originally meant simply ‘(piece of) food’, but as bread was among the commonest foods, the word bread gradually became more specialized,… …
30bread — noun 1) may I have some bread with my soup? Syn: rye (bread), pumpernickel, French bread, Italian bread, foccaccia, pita (bread), cornbread, soda bread 2) his job puts bread on the table See food 1) 3) informal …
