bread
part of speech
noun (bread — uncountable; breads for kinds)
meaning for a pupil
1) Bread is a food made from flour, water and usually yeast, mixed into a dough and baked in an oven. tree →
2) Bread comes in loaves, rolls and slices. tree →
3) Bread is sometimes a slang word for money (old-fashioned). tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah bread means food in general, as well as actual bread. It includes unleavened bread (matzah), eaten at Passover, and the showbread kept in the Tabernacle. The later books also say "eat bread" for sharing a meal, and "polluted bread" for unfit offerings. Interpretation: At Passover Jews eat matzah, the bread of affliction, to remember leaving Egypt in haste. The showbread was set out each week before God, and bread is blessed with the words "who brings forth bread from the earth." Malachi blames priests for offering polluted bread on the altar, which the tradition reads as a warning to honor God with the best. In the primary lessons: In maths: loaves or slices counted, often with a price or shared among people; slices per loaf is a rate; a sandwich uses 2 slices. In science: yeast makes gas bubbles that make bread rise. Everyday life: toast, sandwiches, bread and butter. Phrases: a loaf of bread, a slice of bread, bread and butter, breadcrumbs, the best thing since sliced bread.
examples
- The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. (Torah EXO.34.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- As for Asher, his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. (Torah GEN.49.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.' (Torah EXO.12.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- Ye offer polluted bread upon Mine altar. (Prophets MAL.1.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- 'Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.' (Writings PRO.9.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- Then he said unto him: 'Come home with me, and eat bread.' (Prophets 1KI.13.15, JPS 1917) tree →
- A loaf of bread costs $2. tree →
- Each loaf has 20 slices of bread. tree →
- She made 4 sandwiches with 2 slices of bread each. tree →
- The baker sells 60 loaves of bread a day. tree →
- We fed the ducks breadcrumbs. tree →
- Yeast makes the bread dough rise. tree →
- Would you like brown bread or white bread? tree →
- Hansel and Gretel left a trail of bread crumbs. tree →
- Have you a morsel of bread?’ tree →
note
Uncountable: «some bread», «a loaf of bread», «a slice of bread», not «a bread». Homophone: «bred» (past form of breed). Counted in loaves or slices, not one by one. Trap: a sandwich uses 2 slices. Bread is not good food for ducks; seeds or peas are better.
In the corpora
- And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine; and he was priest of God the Most High.
- And she gave the savoury food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
- And they made ready the present against Joseph's coming at noon; for they heard that they should eat bread there.
- And he washed his face, and came out; and he refrained himself, and said: 'Set on bread.'
- And Joseph said: 'Give your cattle, and I will give you bread for your cattle, if money fail.'
Trees and pragmatics
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