chleb

chleb noun: polish bread.

Noun

chleb (uncountable)

(rare) Polish bread.
- Upstairs at the Polish Club / Among plastic palms and gossip, / While Wujiu Jerzy / Sells kielbasy and chleb—[…]1997, Noëlle Janaczewska, “Historia”, in Peta Tait, Elizabeth Schafer, editors, Australian Women’s Drama: Texts and Feminisms (Currency Plays), Sydney, N.S.W.: Currency Press, →ISBN, page 280
- […] dough for the chleb beaten down with imprints of her fists and knuckles […] the moist ferment staring at her in anticipation of being molded baked buttered into something fantastic succulent artistic slices of chleb […]2000, Tarisa Ann M. Matsumoto, “Zoltan’s Food”, in Shadowgraph and Zoltan’s Food, Ames, Ia.: Iowa State University, →DOI, →OCLC, section “Advent of Red”, page 55

In the safety of her bedroom, with a litre of water and a slice of chleb inside her, things felt better again.2008, Polly Courtney, chapter 15, in Poles Apart, Leicester: Matador, →ISBN, page 81:
The diner where the soup was almost free (three zloty, with chleb and margarine) has closed, dumping its coarse clientele into history.2016 July 7, Michel Faber, “Since You Last Visited Sopot”, in Undying: A Love Story, Edinburgh: Canongate Books, →ISBN:

Borrowed from Polish chleb. Doublet of khleb and loaf.

What does chleb mean?: Chleb means polish bread.
How do you use chleb in a sentence?: In the safety of her bedroom, with a litre of water and a slice of chleb inside her, things felt better again.
What part of speech is chleb?: Chleb is a noun.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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