bread
bread Lexical Profile
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• noun
A staple food prepared from a dough of flour and water, usually by baking.
"The bakery across the street sells fresh sourdough bread every morning."
The means of sustaining life or livelihood.
"As a freelance writer, she earns her daily bread by drafting corporate newsletters."
Money or wealth.
"He took the extra shifts at the restaurant because he needed the bread."
• verb
To coat (food) with breadcrumbs before cooking.
"You need to bread the chicken cutlets evenly before frying them in the skillet."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'brēad', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch 'brood' and German 'Brot'. It originally meant 'piece of food' or 'broken bread' but gradually replaced 'hlaf' (loaf) as the general term.
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