breads

Noun (1)

bread (countable and uncountable, plural breads)

1. A foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals.
   1. (especially) Such foodstuff that is not difficult to chew, being not extremely hard, dense, and dry.
      • We made sandwiches with the bread we bought from the bakery.
2. Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.
   • Give us this day our daily bread.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 4:11

   Synonyms:

   staff of life

3. (countable) Any variety of bread.
   • Some breads are harder and drier than others.
4. (Cockney, US, slang) Money.
   • Maybe somebody would see him and recognize him, maybe one of the guys would lay enough bread on him for a meal or at least subway fare.1962, James Baldwin, Another Country, New York, N. Y.: The Dial Press, published January 1963, pages 3–4

   Synonyms:

   ackers, bees and honey, blunt, bones, brass, bread and honey, Bugs Bunny, cake, cheddar, cheese

Noun (2)

bread (plural breads)

1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete) Breadth.

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