bread-and-butter

  • 101bread — bread, bread and butter sustenance, *living, livelihood, subsistence, maintenance, support, keep …

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  • 102bread — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fresh ▪ hard, mouldy/moldy, soggy, stale ▪ This bread is going stale. ▪ crusty …

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  • 103butter — but|ter1 [ bʌtər ] noun uncount ** a solid yellow food made from cream that you spread on bread or use in cooking: bread and butter a stick of butter salted/unsalted butter butter wouldn t melt in someone s mouth used for saying that although… …

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  • 104butter — I UK [ˈbʌtə(r)] / US [ˈbʌtər] noun [uncountable] ** a solid yellow food made from cream that you spread on bread or use in cooking bread and butter a packet of butter salted/unsalted butter • butter wouldn t melt in someone s mouth See: bread and …

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  • 105bread — n. & v. n. 1 baked dough made of flour usu. leavened with yeast and moistened, eaten as a staple food. 2 a necessary food. b (also daily bread) one s livelihood. 3 sl. money. v.tr. coat with breadcrumbs for cooking. Phrases and idioms: bread and… …

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  • 106butter — [[t]bʌ̱tə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ butters, buttering, buttered 1) N MASS Butter is a soft yellow substance made from cream. You spread it on bread or use it in cooking. ...bread and butter... Pour the melted butter into a large mixing bowl. 2) VERB If you… …

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  • 107butter — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fresh ▪ creamy ▪ rancid ▪ melted ▪ Brush the pastry with a little melted butter …

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  • 108bread — /bred/ noun (U) 1 a common important food made from flour, water, and yeast: Would you like some bread with your soup? | a loaf of bread (=a large piece of bread that you buy and cut into pieces) | a slice of bread (=a thin piece of bread that… …

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  • 109butter — but|ter1 S2 [ˈbʌtə US ər] n [U] ↑butter, ↑egg, ↑flour, ↑sugar [: Old English; Origin: butere, from Latin butyrum, from Greek boutyron, from bous cow + tyros cheese ] 1.) a solid yellow food made from milk or cream that you spread on bread or use… …

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  • 110bread — [[t]bre̱d[/t]] ♦♦♦ breads, breading, breaded 1) N MASS Bread is a very common food made from flour, water, and yeast. to know what side your bread is buttered on → see butter ...a loaf of bread. ...bread and butter... There is more fibre in… …

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