bread
noun/bred/
[uncountable]Слово англійською: bread
Переклад bread українською: хліб, хлібобу́лочні ви́роби, ви́пічка, дома́шня хлібопека́рня, бато́н, па́ска, грі́нка (з ча́сником)
Детальний опис
- a type of food made from flour, water and usually yeast mixed together and baked
- a loaf/slice/piece of bread
- white/brown/wholemeal bread
- the smell of freshly baked bread
- a plate of bread and butter
- (old-fashioned, slang) money
Word OriginOld English brēad, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch brood and German Brot.
Idioms
the best thing since sliced bread
- (informal) if you say that something is the best thing since sliced bread, you think it is extremely good, interesting, etc.
your daily bread
- the basic things that you need to live, especially food
half a loaf (is better than no bread)
- (saying) you should be grateful for something, even if it is not as good, much, etc. as you really wanted; something is better than nothing
- The offer only amounted to half a loaf, but campaigners grabbed it anyway.
know which side your bread is buttered
- (informal) to know where you can get an advantage for yourself
take the bread out of somebody’s mouth
- to take away somebody’s job so that they are no longer able to earn enough money to live