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Definition of Loaf of bread
1. Noun. A shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating.
Generic synonyms: Bread, Breadstuff, Staff Of Life
Terms within: Heel
Specialized synonyms: French Loaf, Meat Loaf, Meatloaf
Lexicographical Neighbors of Loaf Of Bread
Literary usage of Loaf of bread
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1913)
"Every loaf of bread made or procured for the purpose of sale, sold, offered or
exposed for sale, in the city of Chicago, shall weigh a pound avoirdupois ..."
2. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1860)
"The temperature of a loaf of bread, during baking, was pretty well ascertained.
If it was not quite up to 212 degs. it approximated very near to it. ..."
3. The Law Reports by James Redfoord Bulwer (1872)
"The appellant's attorney contended thai, beyond the simple finding of the alum
int:r loaf of bread in question, there was no i-ч- dence whatever even of a ..."
4. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"... the breakfasts of the earl and the countess and their children daring Lent.
1 Breakfast for my lord and my lady. ' First, a loaf of bread in trenchers, ..."
5. The New Era (1872)
"THE FOOL AND THE loaf of bread. A FOOL once stood wondering and staring at a high
pole, on the top of which was a tempting loaf of bread. ..."
6. A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by John Beauchamp Jones (1866)
"... had each a loaf of bread, a cup of coffee with milk (but brown sugar), and
three eggs. The bill was sixteen dollars ! When I returned to the department, ..."
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