bread
/ˈbɹɛd/
nounverb
Core
1.n.food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
2.n.informal terms for money
3.v.cover with bread crumbs
“bread the pork chops before frying them”
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bread and dough share a recorded sense, so the question is not what they mean but which one fits. bread means “food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked”. dough means “a flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll”. bread is the more common of the two in everyday English.
/ˈbɹɛd/
1.n.food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
2.n.informal terms for money
3.v.cover with bread crumbs
“bread the pork chops before frying them”
/ˈdoʊ/
1.n.a flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll
2.n.informal terms for money
| bread | dough | |
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɹɛd/ | /ˈdoʊ/ |
| Said | bred | doh |
| Syllables | 1 | 1 |
| Letters | 5 | 5 |
| Parts of speech | noun, verb | noun |
| Senses | 3 | 2 |
| How common | Core | Common |
| Synonyms | breadstuff, staff of life | none recorded |
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