loaf
loaf · loaves
батон, булка, буханка
Brot, Laib, Laib Brot
A block of bread after bakingA block of bread after baking.
UK/ləʊf/US/loʊf/
» She bought a loaf of bread.
Она купила буханку хлеба. — Ickander
Вона придбала буханця хліба. — JeNNeR
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5 sensesA block of bread after baking.
Laib, Laib Brot, Brot
буха́нкаbuxánka, бу́лкаbúlka, бато́нbatón
Any solid block of food, such as meat or sugar.
A solid block of soap, from which standard bar soap is cut.
A particular still life configuration with seven living cells.
(informal, slang)A catloaf.
More definitions
- a quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape
- a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating
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Origin
* From Middle English laf, lof, loof, from Old English hlāf (“bread; loaf”), from Proto-We* From Middle English laf, lof, loof, from Old English hlāf (“bread; loaf”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlaib, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz (“bread; loaf”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Old English hlifian (“to stand out prominently, tower up”).
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Forms
plural: loavesSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating:loaf of bread
Word family
31 related wordsCollocations
3 patterns- loaf of bread
- a loaf of
- bought a loaf