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cheese and bread

cheese and bread noun: food that is simple or plain; a type of food that is necessary for subsistence.

Noun

cheese and bread

  1. (Scotland, dated) Food that is simple or plain; a type of food that is necessary for subsistence.

Questions about cheese and bread

What does cheese and bread mean?
Cheese and bread means food that is simple or plain; a type of food that is necessary for subsistence.
What part of speech is cheese and bread?
Cheese and bread is a noun.

Words near cheese and bread in the dictionary

  1. cheery-bye
  2. chees
  3. chees and chaws
  4. cheesable
  5. cheese
  6. cheese and bread
  7. cheese and crackers
  8. cheese and rice
  9. cheese antenna
  10. cheese antennae
  11. cheese antennas

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