Collocations for "bread"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "bread" in context.
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bread
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [warm, fresh, stale, sliced] bread
- [wheat, wholemeal, white, brown, rye] bread
- [garlic, flat, pita, banana, French] bread
- a [piece, loaf, slice, crust] of bread
- make bread [from scratch, by hand, in a mixer]
- spread [butter, jam] on (your) bread
- bread with [lettuce, cheese, butter]
- bread and [wine, cheese, butter]
- bread to [eat, share]
- bread for [sharing, dipping]
- would like another [piece] of bread
- [cut, slice] me a piece of bread
- break bread [together, with]
- bread for [breakfast, dipping, an appetizer]
- don't fill up on bread
- [math, this game] is my bread and butter
- is the best thing since sliced bread
- earn your (daily) bread
- [journalism, teaching music] is my bread and butter
- she knows what side her bread is buttered on
- slang: do you have any bread on you?
- bread [dough, crumbs]
- a bread [maker, knife, machine]
- a bread [roll, loaf, slice]
- bread pudding
- bread and butter pudding
- bread the [fish, chicken, top]
- breaded with [spices, seasoning, herbs]
- breaded and [fried, baked, battered, served]
- breaded [lightly, by hand]
'bread' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
alone
- avocado
- bake
- baked
- baker
- bakery
- baking
- banana
- basic
- blessing
- bran
- break
- butter
- chunk
- coarse
- couple
- cranberry
- crisp
- crumb
- crumble
- crust
- currant
- dip
- dose
- dough
- dry
- enriched
- fast
- fill
- flour
- frozen
- garlic
- grain
- graze
- hunk
- jam
- knife
- leftover
- live
- loaf
- maker
- mass
- mix
- mold
- mop
- mustard
- nut
- oatmeal
- oven
- paddle