LOAF OF BREAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does loaf of bread mean? 

• LOAF OF BREAD (noun)
  The noun LOAF OF BREAD has 1 sense:

1. a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating

  Familiarity information: LOAF OF BREAD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOAF OF BREAD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

loaf; loaf of bread

Hypernyms ("loaf of bread" is a kind of...):

bread; breadstuff; staff of life (food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked)

Meronyms (parts of "loaf of bread"):

heel (one of the crusty ends of a loaf of bread)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "loaf of bread"):

French loaf (a loaf of French bread)

meat loaf; meatloaf (a baked loaf of ground meat)

 Context examples 

In another room he saw on a table a sword and a loaf of bread, which he also took.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

She took nothing with her but a little ring which her father and mother had given her, a loaf of bread in case she should be hungry, a little pitcher of water in case she should be thirsty, and a little stool to rest upon when she should be weary.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Some time after, three grand embassies came to the old king’s court, with rich gifts of gold and precious stones for his youngest son; now all these were sent from the three kings to whom he had lent his sword and loaf of bread, in order to rid them of their enemy and feed their people.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)