- Aerated bread
- Bread Bread (br[e^]d), n. [AS. bre['a]d; akin to OFries.
br[=a]d, OS. br[=o]d, D. brood, G. brod, brot, Icel.
brau[eth], Sw. & Dan. br["o]d. The root is probably that of
E. brew. [root]93. See {Brew}.]
1. An article of food made from flour or meal by moistening,
kneading, and baking.
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Note:
{Raised bread} is made with yeast, salt, and sometimes a little butter or lard, and is mixed with warm milk or water to form the dough, which, after kneading, is given time to rise before baking.
{Cream of tartar bread} is raised by the action of an alkaline carbonate or bicarbonate (as saleratus or ammonium bicarbonate) and cream of tartar (acid tartrate of potassium) or some acid.
{Unleavened bread} is usually mixed with water and salt only. [1913 Webster]
{A["e]rated bread}. See under {A["e]rated}.
{Bread and butter} (fig.), means of living.
{Brown bread}, {Indian bread}, {Graham bread}, {Rye and Indian bread}. See {Brown bread}, under {Brown}.
{Bread tree}. See {Breadfruit}. [1913 Webster]
2. Food; sustenance; support of life, in general. [1913 Webster]
Give us this day our daily bread. --Matt. vi. 11 [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.