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country bread

country bread noun: pain de campagne.

Noun

country bread (countable and uncountable, plural country breads)

  1. Pain de campagne.
    • […] - two-day-old country bread or sourdough work well - it is wonderful, the water mingling with the olive oil, vinegar, tomato juices, capers and onion into a dressing.2017, Rachel Roddy, Two Kitchens: 120 Family Recipes from Sicily and Rome
    • country bread or sourdough bread, cut or torn into 1-inch / 2.5 cm pieces2025, Gena Hamshaw, A Grain, a Green, a Bean, page 144

Forms of country bread

pluralcountry breads

Origin of country bread

Calque of French pain de campagne

Questions about country bread

What does country bread mean?
Country bread means pain de campagne.
What part of speech is country bread?
Country bread is a noun.
What is the plural of country bread?
The plural of country bread is country breads.

Words near country bread in the dictionary

  1. country blues
  2. country bookie
  3. country bookies
  4. country box
  5. country boxes
  6. country bread
  7. country breads
  8. country bumpkin
  9. country bumpkins
  10. country captain
  11. country club

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