bread
♦ bread /br'ed/ (breads breading breaded)
1 [N-MASS]
Bread is a very common food made from flour, water, and yeast.
...a loaf of bread...
There is more fibre in wholemeal bread than in white bread.
2 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed
If food such as fish or meat is breaded, it is covered in tiny pieces of dry bread called breadcrumbs. It can then be fried or grilled.
It is important that food be breaded just minutes before frying.
● breaded [ADJ]
...breaded fish.bread and but|ter
also bread-and-butter
1 [N-UNCOUNT] usu with poss
Something that is the bread and butter of a person or organization is the activity or work that provides the main part of their income.
The mobile phone business was actually his bread and butter.
2 [ADJ] ADJ n
Bread and butter issues or matters are ones which are important to most people, because they affect them personally.
The opposition gained support by concentrating on bread-and-butter matters.bread bas|ket (bread baskets)
also breadbasket
[N-COUNT] usu with poss
If an area or region is described as the bread basket of a country, it provides a lot of the food for that country because crops grow very easily there. It therefore produces wealth for the country.
The north-west became the country's bread-basket.bread bin (bread bins)
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A bread bin is a wooden, metal, or plastic container for storing bread. (BRIT; in AM, use breadbox)French bread
[N-UNCOUNT]
French bread is white bread which is baked in long, thin loaves.rye bread
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Rye bread is brown bread made with rye flour.
...two slices of rye bread.
1 [N-MASS]
Bread is a very common food made from flour, water, and yeast.
...a loaf of bread...
There is more fibre in wholemeal bread than in white bread.
2 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed
If food such as fish or meat is breaded, it is covered in tiny pieces of dry bread called breadcrumbs. It can then be fried or grilled.
It is important that food be breaded just minutes before frying.
● breaded [ADJ]
...breaded fish.bread and but|ter
also bread-and-butter
1 [N-UNCOUNT] usu with poss
Something that is the bread and butter of a person or organization is the activity or work that provides the main part of their income.
The mobile phone business was actually his bread and butter.
2 [ADJ] ADJ n
Bread and butter issues or matters are ones which are important to most people, because they affect them personally.
The opposition gained support by concentrating on bread-and-butter matters.bread bas|ket (bread baskets)
also breadbasket
[N-COUNT] usu with poss
If an area or region is described as the bread basket of a country, it provides a lot of the food for that country because crops grow very easily there. It therefore produces wealth for the country.
The north-west became the country's bread-basket.bread bin (bread bins)
[N-COUNT]
A bread bin is a wooden, metal, or plastic container for storing bread. (BRIT; in AM, use breadbox)French bread
[N-UNCOUNT]
French bread is white bread which is baked in long, thin loaves.rye bread
[N-UNCOUNT]
Rye bread is brown bread made with rye flour.
...two slices of rye bread.