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loaf
1[ lohf ]
noun
- a portion of bread or cake baked in a shaped or molded mass, usually oblong with a rounded top:
I try to keep a loaf of sliced bread in the freezer.
- a shaped or molded mass of food, as of ground meat or vegetables:
The loaf is made with lentils and vegetables, and you can see the colorful bits of bell peppers speckled through it.
- British.
- the rounded head of a cabbage, lettuce, etc.
- Slang: Older Use. head or brains:
Use your loaf.
loaf
2[ lohf ]
verb (used without object)
- to idle away time:
He figured the mall was as good a place as any for loafing.
- to lounge or saunter lazily and idly:
We loafed for hours along the water's edge.
Synonyms: ,
verb (used with object)
- to pass idly (usually followed by away ):
to loaf one's life away.
loaf
1/ əʊ /
noun
- a shaped mass of baked bread
- any shaped or moulded mass of food, such as cooked meat
- slang.the head; sense
use your loaf!
loaf
2/ əʊ /
verb
- intr to loiter or lounge around in an idle way
- trfoll byaway to spend (time) idly
he loafed away his life
Other Word Forms
- ܲ·DziԲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of loaf1
Word History and Origins
Origin of loaf1
Origin of loaf2
Idioms and Phrases
see half a loaf is better than none .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
For instance, you might have limited sales to 100 loaves of bread.
A brioche bread infused with lemon and Earl Grey tea has been crowned Britain's best loaf.
Just add some spicy jam, fresh fruit, and a crusty loaf of Wildgrain sourdough, and you’re ready to build the stoner grazing board of your dreams.
She also said she had noticed people being more careful with their money in recent years and buying smaller loaves to cut costs.
Even buying a loaf of bread instead of baking your own from sourdough is too big a risk.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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