a loaf

  • 31loaf — n. 1) a fish; meat loaf 2) a loaf of bread * * * [ləʊf] meat loaf a fish a loaf of bread …

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  • 32loaf — loaf1 [ louf ] (plural loaves [ louvz ] ) noun count * bread in a long, round, or square shape that you cut into SLICES (=thin flat pieces) for eating: a loaf of bread loaf loaf 2 [ louf ] verb intransitive INFORMAL to spend time doing nothing,… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 33loaf — 1 noun plural loaves, (C) 1 bread that is shaped and baked in one piece and can be cut into slices: a loaf of bread 2 meat/nut loaf meat or nuts that have been cut very finely, pressed together, and baked 3 use your loaf BrE old fashioned used to …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 34loaf — I [[t]loʊf[/t]] n. pl. loaves (lōvz). 1) coo a portion of bread or cake usu. baked in an oblong mass with a rounded top 2) coo a shaped or molded mass of food, as of chopped meat: a veal loaf[/ex] • Etymology: bef. 950; ME lo(o)f, OE hlāf loaf,… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 35loaf of bread — noun a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑loaf • Hypernyms: ↑bread, ↑breadstuff, ↑staff of life • Hyponyms: ↑French loaf, ↑ …

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  • 36Loaf (album) — Infobox Album | Name = Loaf Type = Live album Artist = moe. Released = February , 1996 Recorded = November 24, 1995 Genre = Rock, Jam Length = Label = Fatboy Records Producer = moe. Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3|5… …

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  • 37loaf — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ large, small ▪ sliced ▪ fresh, stale ▪ crusty (esp. BrE) ▪ brow …

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  • 38loaf — n British a. the head. The shortening of the cockney rhyming slang phrase loaf of bread is now more a colloquialism than slang. ► Since the late 1950s, it has largely been confined to the phrase use your loaf! . b. life. The more common sense of… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 39loaf — батон long loaf батон French loaf батон to slice off pieces of a loaf нарезать батон …

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  • 40loaf — See: HALF A LOAF IS BETTER THAN NONE or HALF A LOAF IS BETTER THAN NO BREAD …

    Dictionary of American idioms