WHITE BREAD

Meaning of WHITE BREAD in English

adj 1. bland, uninspired, boring, or insipid. Especially used to describe "middle-American" mores, people, etc. Derogatory description of things that are naively wholesome, suburban, and middle class. ("Donna Reed and Harriet Nelson were incredibly white bread women.") Submitted by Kevyn Jacobs, Manhattan, KA, USA, 24-05-1998.

Slang English vocab. Английский сленговый словарь. 2012

WHITE-BREAD — adjective Date: 1977 being, typical of, or having qualities (as blandness) associated with the white middle class
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WHITE-BREAD — ¦ ̷ ̷ ˈ ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: white bread , noun : being, typical of, or having qualities (as blandness) associated with the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHITE BREAD — noun Etymology: Middle English whitbred, from whit white + breed bread : bread made from white and especially bleached flour …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHITE-BREAD — /hwuyt"bred', wuyt"-/ , adj. Informal ( disparaging ). 1. pertaining to or characteristic of the white middle class; bourgeois: white-bread …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHITE BREAD — any white or light-colored bread made from finely ground, usu. bleached, flour. [ 1300-50 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHITE BREAD — bread that is white in color; that which is normal or conventional (Slang)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
WHITE-BREAD — adjective Date: 1977 : being, typical of, or having qualities (as blandness) associated with the white middle class
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHITE-BREAD — Pronunciation: ' hw ī t- ' bred, ' w ī t- Function: adjective Date: 1977 : being, typical of, or …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WHITE-BREAD — ■ adjective N. Amer. informal bland and unchallenging in a way thought characteristic of the white middle classes.
Concise Oxford English vocab
WHITE-BREAD — [white-bread] adj (1979): being, typical of, or having qualities (as blandness) associated with the white middle class
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WHITE-BREAD — adjective [ only before noun ] ( NAmE , informal ) ordinary and traditional : a white-bread town
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHITE BREAD — noun [ U ] bread made with white flour
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHITE-BREAD — ˈwhite-bread BrE AmE adjective American English informal relating to white people who are considered traditional and boring in their opinions …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHITE-BREAD — adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ a white-bread suburban town
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
WHITE-BREAD — Unextraordinary, typical, common, dull. Example: After his acting career ended, he went back to his white-bread existence in Davenport.
Slang English vocab
WHITE BREAD — пшеничный хлеб белый хлеб
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WHITE BREAD — Батон
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
WHITE BREAD — пшеничный хлеб
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
WHITE BREAD — белый хлеб
Morteza English-Russian Dictionary
WHITE BREAD — белый хлеб
Англо-Русский словарь - Королев
WHITE BREAD — пшеничный хлеб белый хлеб
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
WHITE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) White Monk white corpuscle white blood cell Bourke White Margaret cabbage white white footed …
Английский словарь Британика
BREAD — Baked food product. It is made of flour or meal that is moistened into a dough, kneaded, and usually leavened …
Английский словарь Британика
WHITE — I. ˈhwīt also ˈwī-; usu -īd.+V adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English white, whit, from Old English hwīt; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BREAD — I. ˈbred noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English breed, from Old English brēad crumb, bread; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHITE — /hwuyt, wuyt/ , adj., whiter, whitest , n. , v. , whited, whiting . adj. 1. of the color of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BREAD — — breadless , adj. — breadlessness , n. /bred/ , n. 1. a kind of food made of flour or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WHITE — I. ˈhwīt, ˈwīt adjective ( whit·er ; whit·est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hwīt; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BREAD — I. ˈbred noun Etymology: Middle English breed, from Old English brēad; akin to Old High German brōt bread, Old English …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WHITE — noun a white pigment; as, venice white. 2. white ·superl gray, as from age; having silvery hair; hoary. 3. white …
Webster English vocab
BREAD — adj to spread. 2. bread ·noun food; sustenance; support of life, in general. 3. bread ·vt to cover with bread …
Webster English vocab
WHITE — [white] adj whit.er ; whit.est [ME, fr. OE hwit; akin to OHG hwiz white and prob. to OCS svetu light, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BREAD — [bread] n [ME breed, fr. OE bread; akin to OHG brot bread, OE breowan to brew] (bef. 12c) 1: a …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BREAD — baked food product made of flour or meal that is moistened, kneaded, and sometimes fermented. A major food since prehistoric …
Britannica English vocabulary
WHITE — white, White BrE AmE waɪt hwaɪt — Preference poll, British English: waɪt 77%, hwaɪt 23%. ▷ whited ˈwaɪt ɪd ˈhwaɪt-, …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BREAD — bread BrE AmE bred (= bred) ▷ breaded ˈbred ɪd -əd ▷ breading ˈbred ɪŋ ▷ breads bredz ▶ ˈ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WHITE — / waɪt; NAmE / adjective , noun ■ adjective ( whiter , whit·est ) 1. having the colour of fresh …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BREAD — / bred; NAmE / noun [ U ] 1. a type of food made from flour, water and usually yeast …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHITE — I. white 1 S1 W1 /waɪt/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ white , ↑ whiteness , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BREAD — bread S2 W3 /bred/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Language: Old English ] 1 . a type of food made …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WHITE — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 resembling a surface reflecting sunlight without absorbing any of the visible rays; of the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BREAD — n. & v. --n. 1 baked dough made of flour usu. leavened with yeast and moistened, eaten as a staple …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WHITE — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 resembling a surface reflecting sunlight without absorbing any of the visible rays; of the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BREAD — n. & v. n. 1 baked dough made of flour usu. leavened with yeast and moistened, eaten as a staple …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WHITE — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1. resembling a surface reflecting sunlight without absorbing any of the visible rays; of the …
Oxford English vocab
BREAD — n. & v. --n. 1. baked dough made of flour usu. leavened with yeast and moistened, eaten as a staple …
Oxford English vocab
WHITE — ( whiter, whitest, whites) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Something that …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BREAD — ( breads, breading, breaded) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Bread is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WHITE
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BREAD — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bread basket (= for serving bread ) ▪ There was a bread basket on …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BREAD — [noun] [U] - a food made from flour, water and usually yeast mixed together and bakeda slice of breada loaf …
Cambridge English vocab
WHITE — n. white whale White Monk white corpuscle white blood cell Bourke White Margaret cabbage white white footed mouse great white …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BREAD — n. Baked food product. It is made of flour or meal that is moistened into a dough, kneaded, and usually …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WHITE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BREAD — Synonyms and related words : Communion, Eucharist, French bread, Holy Communion, Host, Irish soda bread, Italian bread, Last Supper, Sacrament …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BREAD — n. 25B6; noun a loaf of bread. : See list. (informal) his job puts bread on the table. : See …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WHITE — adj. 1 snow-white, snowy, chalk-white, chalky, ivory, creamy, milky, milk-white, oyster-white, off-white; silver, hoary Many buildings in the tropics are …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
WHITE
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BREAD — 1. сущ. 1) хлеб to bake bread ≈ печь хлеб to toast bread ≈ поджаривать хлеб to break bread with …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WHITE — white.ogg 1. waıt n 1. 1> белый цвет; белизна 2> чистота, непорочность 2. белая краска, белила 3. белок ( яйца …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BREAD — bread.ogg 1. bred n 1. 1> хлеб stale new bread - чёрствый свежий хлеб white bread - белый хлеб brown …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WHITE — 1) белый пигмент; белила; белая краска 2) белый 3) сигнал белого поля ( в факсимильной связи ) • - base …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
WHITE — 1) белый пигмент; белила; белая краска 2) белый 3) сигнал белого поля (в факсимильной связи) • - base white - bleeding white whites - carbon white - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
WHITE — 1) белый 2) вазелиновый 3) несмоленый 4) пшеничный 5) светлый • bring to white heat — нагревать до белого каления white noise generator — генератор белого шума - …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь

Slang English vocab

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