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BREAK BREAD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does break bread mean?
• BREAK BREAD (verb)
The verb BREAK BREAD has 1 sense:
1. have a meal, usually with company
Familiarity information: BREAK BREAD used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Have a meal, usually with company
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Context example:
The early Christian disciples broke bread together
Hypernyms (to "break bread" is one way to...):
eat (eat a meal; take a meal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue break bread
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