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cottage loaf

cottage loaf noun: a traditional English loaf of bread shaped like two round loaves, one on top of the other.

cottage loaf: a traditional English loaf of bread shaped like two round loaves, one on top of the other
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Noun

cottage loaf (plural cottage loaves)

  1. A traditional English loaf of bread shaped like two round loaves, one on top of the other.
    • “This piece of toast. You remark him not?” He whipped the offender out of the rack, and held it up for me to examine. “Is it square? No. Is it a triangle? Again no. Is it even round? No. Is it of any shape remotely pleasing to the eye? What symmetry have we here? None.” “It’s cut from a cottage...1923, Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links

Forms of cottage loaf

pluralcottage loaves

Questions about cottage loaf

What does cottage loaf mean?
Cottage loaf means a traditional English loaf of bread shaped like two round loaves, one on top of the other.
What part of speech is cottage loaf?
Cottage loaf is a noun.
What is the plural of cottage loaf?
The plural of cottage loaf is cottage loaves.

Words near cottage loaf in the dictionary

  1. cottage homes
  2. cottage hospital
  3. cottage hospitals
  4. cottage industries
  5. cottage industry
  6. cottage loaf
  7. cottage loaves
  8. cottage orchard
  9. cottage orchards
  10. cottage orné
  11. cottage parent

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