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barracouta loaf

barracouta loaf noun: a long, narrow loaf, often indented in the middle so that it can be broken in two.

Noun

barracouta loaf (plural barracouta loaves)

  1. (New Zealand) A long, narrow loaf, often indented in the middle so that it can be broken in two.
    • Alice was making water-cress sandwiches. She had a lump of butter on the table, a barracouta loaf, and the cresses tumbled in a white cloth.1918, Katherine Mansfield, “Prelude”, in Bliss and Other Stories, Toronto: Macmillan, published 1920, page 53
    • As Clarry remembered we were a big family—a twenty-five double barracouta loaves and fifteen pints a week family.2000, anonymous author, “Home Town”, in Gordon McLauchlan, editor, Morrieson’s Motel, Auckland: Tandem Press, page 199

Forms of barracouta loaf

pluralbarracouta loaves

Origin of barracouta loaf

After the regional name for a thin, metre-long fish, from the shape of the loaf and its rough crust, thought to resemble the back of the fish.

Questions about barracouta loaf

What does barracouta loaf mean?
Barracouta loaf means a long, narrow loaf, often indented in the middle so that it can be broken in two.
What part of speech is barracouta loaf?
Barracouta loaf is a noun.
What is the plural of barracouta loaf?
The plural of barracouta loaf is barracouta loaves.

Words near barracouta loaf in the dictionary

  1. barracoons
  2. barracoota
  3. barracootas
  4. Barracos
  5. barracouta
  6. barracouta loaf
  7. barracouta loaves
  8. barracoutas
  9. barracuda
  10. barracudalike
  11. barracudas

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