bread
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Noun (2)breads
- food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then bakedSynonyms: breadstuffstaff of lifeType of baked goods, starchesKinds toast, loaf of bread, matzo, dark bread, cracker, English muffin, cinnamon bread, bun, onion bread, caraway seed bread +21 morePart of sandwichMade of flour
- informal terms for moneySynonyms: boodlecabbageclamsdinerodoughgeltkalelettucelollylucrelootmoolahpelfscratchshekelssimoleonssugarwampumType of money
Verb (1)breads, breaded
- cover with bread crumbs“bread the pork chops before frying them”More general cover
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: AS. brædan to make broad, to spread. See Broad, adjective
To spread. obsolete John Ray
Origin: AS. breád; akin to OFries. brād, OS. brōd, D. brood, G. brod, brot, Icel. brauð, Sw. & Dan. bröd. The root is probably that of E. brew. √93. See Brew.
1. An article of food made from flour or meal by moistening, kneading, and baking.
☞ Raised bread is made with yeast, salt, and sometimes a little butter or lard, and is mixed with warm milk or water to form the dough, which, after kneading, is given time to rise before baking. — Cream of tartar bread is raised by the action of an alkaline carbonate or bicarbonate (as saleratus or ammonium bicarbonate) and cream of tartar (acid tartrate of potassium) or some acid. — Unleavened bread is usually mixed with water and salt only.
Aërated bread. See under Aërated. Bread and butter fig., means of living. — Brown bread, Indian bread, Graham bread, Rye and Indian bread. See Brown bread, under Brown. — Bread tree. See Breadfruit.
2. Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.
Give us this day our daily bread.— Matt. vi. 11
Cooking To cover with bread crumbs, preparatory to cooking; as, breaded cutlets.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54