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The meaning of the English word "bread" and how you use it

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bread
(noun) (uncount.) a baked food made with flour, water, yeast or other ingredients
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Sami

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Sami is a native French speaker, French-English translator and localizer originally from Paris. He studied English literature in Istanbul, Turkey, before working in translation and traveling full-time.
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He baked bread this morning .
We bought bread at the market .
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What Are You Doing? - Home Activities
I 'm toasting bread .
Our Favorite Food Hacks
Stale bread .
Our Favorite Food Hacks
You can keep your brown sugar from becoming a rock with a couple of marshmallows ; bread will also work .
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best...thing...since...sliced...bread
(expression) something one thinks is extremely good, often better than they really are another way to say "greatest thing since sliced bread"
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This phone is the best thing since sliced bread .
I met a boy and he's the best thing since sliced bread .
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bread...and...butter
(idiom) the thing that provides income; a specialty
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Kanako has an AAS in administrative office technology. She is a native Japanese speaker and studied English literature prior to moving to the U.S. She has also taken correspondence courses in EN-JP translation and works as a translator/localizer which involves tasks such as editing machine translations and localizing web contents. She has also worked as an in-person interpreter for businesses based in Japan.
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Playing guitar is my bread and butter .
Manufacturing was the company's bread and butter .
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sliced...bread
(expression) (informal) the best; extremely good; better than the others derived from the full phrase 'the best thing since sliced bread' meaning a great thing, idea, or invention
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Elena holds a Master's Degree in languages and literatures and a BA in law. She has been working as a linguist, translator and localizer for more than 15 years. She has also a long experience as language tutor.
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This model is the sliced bread of cars .
She thought the broadcast was the sliced bread of journalism .
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The Evolution of the Burrito
It is the sliced bread of food that is not sliced bread .
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sandwich bread
(noun) bread prepared specifically for making sandwiches
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I spread peanut butter on the sandwich bread .
We pick up a loaf of sandwich bread at the store .
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How Is Modern Sandwich Bread Different?
That is white pan bread . Sandwich bread , that 's another name for it .
How Is Modern Sandwich Bread Different?
But sandwich bread still lasts longer than traditional bread because some of the water is still effectively replaced with oil .
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