bread
gb/bɹˈɛd/ us/bɹˈɛd/
A1
English
~ 2300
kenyér, lóvé
NOUN
A1
1
kenyér
A1
Usage pattern:
eat [bread]
She bought a fresh loaf of bread from the bakery.
Vett egy friss vekni kenyeret a pékségben.
Bread is best eaten warm with butter.
A kenyér melegen, vajjal a legfinomabb.
We ran out of bread, so I need to go shopping.
This bread is made with whole wheat flour.
I prefer sourdough bread over white bread.
Learner examples
I eat bread for breakfast.
Reggelire kenyeret eszem.
This bread is soft.
Ez a kenyér puha.
He buys bread every day.
We need more bread.
She likes brown bread.
Common mistake:
Learners sometimes confuse 'bread' with 'loaf'. 'Bread' is the general food; 'loaf' is a single shaped mass of it.
Meaning
Baked food from flour and water
Collocations
slice of bread
|loaf of bread
|fresh bread
|white bread
|wholemeal bread
Synonyms
loaf (Refers to a whole unit of bread, not the general category.)
Antonyms
rice (A common staple food that is not bread.)
Themes
food
|daily life
|food_drink
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Definition
Food made by baking flour and water, often eaten in slices.
A type of food made by baking a dough of flour, water, and usually yeast or another leavening agent.
NOUN
B1
SLANG
2
lóvé
B2
Usage pattern:
earn [bread]
He needs to work hard to earn some bread.
Keményen kell dolgoznia, hogy keressen egy kis lóvét.
They make good bread at that job.
Jó lóvét lehet keresni annál a munkánál.
I spent a lot of bread on this jacket.
Learner examples
He needs bread to pay rent.
Lóvé kell neki, hogy ki tudja fizetni az albérletet.
She makes bread from her job.
A munkájával keresi a lóvét.
I have no bread today.
Common mistake:
Learners may take this literally as the food rather than slang for money. Context usually clarifies the meaning.
Meaning
Slang term for money
Collocations
make bread
|earn bread
|spend bread
Synonyms
cash (Neutral term for physical money.)
Antonyms
poverty (The state of having no money.)
Themes
money
|informal speech
|finance
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Definition
Informal word for money.
Slang for money, especially cash used for everyday expenses.
Grammar
Dictionary form
bread
IPA
GB/bɹˈɛd/
US/bɹˈɛd/
Syllables & stress
bread (1 syllable)
Stress on 1st syllable (bread)
Word forms
Noun
- Base: bread
- Plural: bread, breads
Word family
Forms
breads
noun
Related words
Expressions
break bread
1/bɹˈeɪk bɹˈɛd/
idiom
Share a meal together
To eat together with someone, often as a sign of friendship or peace.
Examples
- We broke bread with our new neighbors last night.
- Diplomats from both countries broke bread to improve relations.
take the bread out of someone's mouth
1/tˈeɪk ðə bɹˈɛd ˈaʊt əv sˈʌmwˌʌnz mˈaʊθ/
idiom
Remove someone's source of income
To take away someone's job or way to make money.
Examples
- By stealing his clients, they took the bread out of his mouth.
- The new law could take the bread out of many workers' mouths.
know which side your bread is buttered on
1/nˈoʊ wˈɪt͡ʃ sˈaɪd jˈʊɹ bɹˈɛd ˈɪz bˈʌtɚd ˈɔn/
idiom
informal
understand where advantage lies
To understand who or what helps you most, and behave in a way that keeps their support.
Examples
- She always agrees with her boss—she knows which side her bread is buttered on.
- She always agrees with the boss; she knows which side her bread is buttered on.
- Politicians know which side their bread is buttered on when they vote.
- Politicians who know which side their bread is buttered on rarely oppose big business.
- He helps his best client first because he knows which side his bread is buttered on.