breadboard
keeping bread in so that it stays fresh
bread-board /'bredbord; NAmE -boird/ noun a flat
board used for cutting bread on -tJIffifrLte bread-crumbs /'bredkrAmz/ noun [pi.]
very small pieces of bread that can be used in cooking bread ed /'bredid/ adj. covered in breadcrumbs H #
ffi
bread-fruit /'bredfrurt/ noun [C, U] {pi. bread-fruit) a large tropical fruit with a thick skin, that tastes
and feels like bread when it is cooked. It grows on a tree which is called a
‘breadfruit tree’,
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bread-line /'bredlain/ noun [sing.] [BrE] the level of income of
very poor people
^: Many people without jobs are living on the breadline (= are very poor).
,bread 'pudding noun [u, C] a heavy cake or dessert (= sweet dish) made by pouring
eggs and milk over bread and then cooking it with dried fruit and sugar
m&ftT ( )
.bread ’rollnoun = rolla7.(3)
.bread 'sauce noun [U] a
thick sauce made with bread and spices, often served with chicken or turkey ® &
iWfcft- ( )
bread-stick /'bredstik/ noun 1 a long thin piece of bread, which is dry
like a biscuit IS 7' ffi & ; ffi 1*1# 2 a piece of fresh bread,
baked in the shape of a small stick
VOCABULARY BUILDING T^Cr&
words that mean ‘break’
burst
( ft ) «,
mm
crack
i (ft) mm, mm, Km
crumble
The balloon hit a tree and burst. The ice
started to crack.
Crumble the cheese into a bowl.
cut
W; H!l; »
Now cut the wire in two.
fracture He fell and fractured his hip.
(ft) mm,
shatter
(0 n, m
smash
() nw, mw
snap
(tinmw-
pmm
split
(ft) mjf, mff
tear
#rJF; wm
The vase hit the floor and shattered.
Vandals had smashed two windows.
I snapped the pencil in half.
The bag had split open on the way home.
She tore the letter into pieces.
ifeJBftHWT o
■ All these verbs, except cut, can be used with or without an object. cut ft,
breadth /bredG/ noun [u, C] 1 the distance or measurement
from one side to the other; how broad or wide sth is % H; EEC! width
: She estimated the breadth of the lake to
be 500 metres. 500 AjSo
— compare length(I) 2 a wide range (of knowledge,