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bread

 
 
/bred/ noun [U]

Definition

a basic food made by mixing and baking flour, water, and sometimes yeast (= substance that makes it rise) : a slice of bread a loaf of white bread → See also the best/greatest thing since sliced bread
(Definition of bread noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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