Reading Theme:

Language:

Font Size:

📕 rednote ID(小红书号)：3881567312

Bread Meaning: Food, Slang, and Usage Examples (2 meaning)

Meaning 1：staple food (bread)

bread 🔊

/bred/

Food made by baking dough from flour and water. It is a common staple food.

Freshly baked bread loaf on wooden board

staple food 🔊

➕

/ˈsteɪpəl fuːd/

A basic food made from flour and water, typically baked.

📁 Category：Diet & Health 🔖 Level：beginner

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Root Explanation

From Old English 'brēad', of Germanic origin; related to Old High German 'brōt'.

💡 Mnemonic

Break bread together to make friends. 'Bread' and 'break' share the 'b-r' sound.

📖 Example

The smell of fresh bread from the bakery filled the whole street. 🔊 The smell of fresh bread from the bakery filled the whole street.

🔗 Collocations

brown bread – a type of bread made with wholemeal flour

loaf of bread – a shaped mass of bread baked in one piece

bread crumb – small particles of dry bread used in cooking

🔄 Synonyms

loaf (n.) – a shaped mass of bread

bun (n.) – a small sweet bread roll

roll (n.) – a small individual bread

🌱 Derivatives

breaded (adj.) – coated with breadcrumbs

breadbasket (n.) – a region that produces much grain

breadboard (n.) – a board for cutting bread

📖 Cultural Story

Bread has been a staple food for millennia. The phrase 'bread and circuses' from Roman poet Juvenal refers to appeasing the populace. Also, 'bread' is slang for money, showing its value as basic necessity.

Meaning 2：slang for money (bread)

bread 🔊

/bred/

(Informal) Money that you earn to live on, especially for basic needs like food and rent.

slang for money 🔊

➕

/sleɪŋ fɔːr ˈmʌni/

Informal term for money needed to live, especially for necessities.

📁 Category：Social Economy 🔖 Level：intermediate

📘 Details & Usage

📖 Example

As the main tech worker in his family, his bread comes from developing apps for a startup. 🔊 As the main tech worker in his family, his bread comes from developing apps for a startup.

🔗 Collocations

earn one's bread – to earn the money needed for living

bread and butter – basic necessities or main source of income

daily bread – the necessities of life, especially food

🔄 Synonyms

dough (n.) – informal term for money

cash (n.) – money in the form of notes and coins

funds (n.) – financial resources

🚫 Antonyms

poverty (n.) – state of being poor

debt (n.) – money owed

🌱 Derivatives

breadwinner (n.) – a person who earns the family's main income

breadline (n.) – the level of income that is just enough to live on