a slice of bread

  • 21bread */*/*/ — UK [bred] / US noun [uncountable] 1) a common food made from flour, water, and usually yeast (= a substance that makes the bread grow larger). Bread is usually sold in a large piece called a loaf or made into smaller pieces called rolls. You… …

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  • 22slice — 1. noun a) That which is thin and broad. a slice of bacon; a slice of cheese; a slice of bread b) A thin, broad piece cut off. Ill have a slice, please. 2. verb …

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  • 23slice — 1. резать ломтиками to slice off pieces of a loaf нарезать батон to slice up a loaf нарезать буханку хлеба bacon slice ломтик бекона 2. кусок to butter a slice of bread намазать кусок хлеба маслом 3. нарезать …

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  • 24bread —   Palaoa, pelena. See dough.    ♦ Unleavened bread, pelena hū ole.    ♦ Slice of bread, pāpa a palaoa.    ♦ Loaf of bread, omo omo palaoa, pōpō pelena.    ♦ Round loaf of bread, pōpō palaoa.    ♦ Pilot bread, ao.    ♦ Shewbread, bread of the… …

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  • 25Slice — may refer to:Food*A portion of bread, cake, or meat that is cut flat and thin, cf. sliced bread *Slice (soft drink), a line of fruit flavored drinks *Vanilla slice, a dessert *Mr. Slice, the mascot of Papa John s pizza restaurantports*Backspin,… …

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  • 26slice — I n. 1) to cut off a slice of 2) a thick; thin slice II v. 1) (C) slice a piece of meat for me; or: slice me a piece of meat 2) (d; intr.) to slice into (to slice into the bread) 3) (d; intr.) to slice through (the icebreaker sliced through the… …

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  • 27bread — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fresh ▪ hard, mouldy/moldy, soggy, stale ▪ This bread is going stale. ▪ crusty …

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  • 28slice — 01. Would you like another [slice] of pizza? 02. My friend accidentally [sliced] open her hand with a large carving knife at Christmas. 03. I just ate some scrambled eggs with hot sauce on a [slice] of whole wheat toast for lunch. 04. We [sliced] …

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  • 29slice — {{11}}slice (n.) c.1300, a fragment, from O.Fr. esclis splinter, a back formation from esclicier to splinter, from Frankish *slitan to split or some other Germanic source (Cf. O.H.G. slizan; see SLIT (Cf. slit)). Meaning piece cut from something… …

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  • 30bread*/*/*/ — [bred] noun [U] a common food made from flour, water, and usually YEAST a slice/loaf of bread[/ex] white/brown bread[/ex] a bread roll[/ex] • bread and butter informal something that provides your main income[/ex] Tourism is the island s bread… …

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