bread
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I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. staff of life; white, rye, pumpernickel, sourdough, whole wheat,
etc. bread;
slang,
money.
II
(Roget's IV)
n.
1. [Grain product]
Syn. loaf, baked goods, the staff of life.
Types of bread include: whole wheat, grain, oatmeal, graham, rye, leavened, unleavened, matzo, salt-rising, yeast, quick, flat, pita, baguette, corn, sourdough, Russian, raisin, pumpernickel, Vienna, French, Italian, white, black, dark brown, Boston brown, steamed, Swedish, potato, hardtack.
Breadlike foods include: Zwieback, spoon bread, cake, dumpling, turnover, rusk, gem, bun, cookie, English muffin, corn bread, bagel, biscuit, doughnut, muffin, popover, scone, shortbread, hoecake, pone, johnnycake, pancake, waffle, tortilla, Indian bread; see also biscuit , roll 4 .
2. [Food]
Syn. meal, sustenance, livelihood, bed and board; see
food ,
subsistence 1 .
3. [*Money]
Syn. cash, dollars, dough*; see
money 1 .
• break bread,
Syn. partake of food, eat, have a meal; see
eat 1 .
• cast one's bread upon the waters,
Syn. grant, endow, be generous; see
give 1 ,
help 1 .
• know which side one's bread is buttered on*,
Syn. be prudent, be shrewd, look out for number one*; see
prosper .
III
(Roget's Thesaurus II)
noun
1. Something fit to be eaten: aliment, comestible, diet, edible, esculent, fare, food, foodstuff, meat, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, nutrition, pabulum, pap, provender, provision (used in plural), sustenance, victual. Slang: chow, eats, grub. See INGESTION.
2. That which sustains the mind or spirit: aliment, food, nourishment, nutriment, pabulum, pap, sustenance. See CARE FOR, INGESTION.
3. The means needed to support life: alimentation, alimony, bread and butter, keep, livelihood, living, maintenance, subsistence, support, sustenance, upkeep. See MONEY.
4. Slang. Something, such as coins or printed bills, used as a medium of exchange: cash, currency, lucre, money. Informal: wampum. Slang: cabbage, dough, gelt, green, jack, lettuce, long green, mazuma, moola, scratch. Chiefly British: brass. See MONEY.
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