bread

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2. (uncountable)Examples: "We made sandwiches with the bread we bought from the bakery."; "My mother used to send me for the bread."; "Philander went into the next room[…]and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry bread and some hardtack."countableespeciallyuncountable

3. (uncountable)Examples: "Give us this day our daily bread."Synonyms: staff of lifecountableuncountable

4. (countable) Any variety of bread.Examples: "Some breads are harder and drier than others."countable

5. (slang, US or Cockney) Money.Examples: "Maybe somebody would see him and recognize him, maybe one of the guys would lay enough bread on him for a meal or at least subway fare."; "[…] save up all your bread, and fly Trans-Love Airways to San Francisco, USA."; "And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar / And say, "Man, what are you doing here?""Synonyms: ackers, bees and honey, blunt, bones, brass, bread, bread and honey, Bugs BunnyCockneyUScountableslanguncountable