bread
/bɹɛd/ noun A1- A foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals.
- Such foodstuff that is not difficult to chew, being not extremely hard, dense, and dry. · We made sandwiches with the bread we bought from the bakery.· My mother used to send me for the bread.
- Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.
- Any variety of bread. · Some breads are harder and drier than others.
- Money.
Plural breads
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In the meantime there is bread, water, and fresh straw; and that is all a prisoner can wish for.
Goodnight.” And before Dantès could open his mouth—before he had noticed where the jailer placed his bread or the water—before he had glanced towards the corner where the straw was, the jailer disappeared, taking with him the lamp and closing the door, leaving stamped upon the prisoner’s mind the dim reflection of the dripping walls of his dungeon.
On his arrival, the Town Mouse placed before him bread, barley, beans, dried figs, honey, raisins, and, last of all, brought a dainty piece of cheese from a basket.
The woman now called to them that supper was ready, so they gathered around the table and Dorothy ate some delicious porridge and a dish of scrambled eggs and a plate of nice white bread, and enjoyed her meal.
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