Bread

bred, n. food made of flour or meal baked: food: livelihood.— ns. Bread′-bas′ket , a basket for holding bread: ( slang ) the stomach; Bread′-chip′per ( Shak. ), one who chips bread, an under-butler; Bread′-corn , corn of which bread is made.— n.pl. Bread′-crumbs , bread crumbled down for dre ing dishes of fried fish, .— n. Bread′fruit-tree , a tree of the South Sea Islands, producing a fruit which, when roasted, forms a good substitute for bread; Bread′-nut , the fruit of a tree, a native of Jamaica, closely allied to the breadfruit-tree, which is used as bread when boiled or roasted; Bread′-room , an apartment in a ship's hold where the bread is kept; Bread′-root , a herbaceous perennial plant of North America, with a carrot-like root which is used as food; Bread′-stud′y , any branch of study taken up as a means of gaining a living; Bread′-stuff , the various kinds of grain or flour of which bread is made; Bread′-tree , a tree of South Africa which has a great deal of starch in its stem, and is used as bread by the natives; Bread′-win′ner , one who earns a living for a family.— Bread buttered on both sides , very fortunate circumstances.— To take the bread out of one's mouth , to deprive of the means of living. [A.S. bréad , prob. from a Teut. root meaning a fragment, like the Scot. and Norse country use of 'a piece ,' for a bit of bread. The usual A.S. word was hláf .]