bread-and-butter
bread-and-butter · more bread-and-butter · most bread-and-butter
Relating to basic sustenance or the requirements for everyday livingRelating to basic sustenance or the requirements for everyday living.
Meaning
2 sensesRelating to basic sustenance or the requirements for everyday living.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bread, and, butter.
bread-and-butter pudding
Origin
Reflecting that bread and butter are archetypally basic foodstuffs (daily necessities) inReflecting that bread and butter are archetypally basic foodstuffs (daily necessities) in the places where the English language developed; compare daily bread, put bread on the table, earn one's bread, bread and water (as prisoners' diet or poverty diet), and know which side one's bread is buttered on.
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Forms
more bread-and-butter, most bread-and-butter| Comparative | more bread-and-butter Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most bread-and-butter Lesson |
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Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form