bread

/brɛd/
noun 7verb 2

Collocations

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(noun.)

ADJ

fresh

hard, mouldy, soggy, stale

The hard bread was difficult to bite through, so I soaked it in soup instead.

crusty

The baker pulled a warm crusty loaf from the oven this morning.

sliced | unleavened | home-baked, home-made | fried | garlic | black, brown, granary, naan, pitta, rye, soda, white, wholemeal | French, Italian, etc.

QUANT

loaf

chunk, crumb, crust, hunk, morsel, piece, slice

He dropped a slice of bread on the kitchen floor.

VERB + BREAD

bake, make

My grandmother makes bread every Saturday morning for the whole family.

cut, slice

butter, put sth on, spread

My daughter likes to spread butter on her bread every morning at breakfast.

toast

BREAD + NOUN

dough | pudding, roll, sauce | bin, knife

PREP

on the ~

I usually put butter and jam on my bread at breakfast.

PHRASES

bread and butter/margarine

My daughter prefers bread and margarine for her breakfast toast instead of jam.

bread and cheese/jam, bread and water

The refugee camp provided the children with bread and cheese for their meals.

bread and wine

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