/ bred; NAmE / noun [ U ]
1.
a type of food made from flour, water and usually yeast mixed together and baked :
a loaf / slice / piece of bread
white / brown / wholemeal bread
—see also crispbread , French bread , gingerbread
2.
( old-fashioned , slang ) money
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IDIOMS
- take the bread out of sb's mouth
—more at daily adjective , half determiner , know verb , sliced
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English brēad , of Germanic origin; related to Dutch brood and German Brot .