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 scratch 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”. scratch means “an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off”. 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”
/ˈskɹætʃ/
| bread | scratch | |
|---|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɹɛd/ | /ˈskɹætʃ/ |
| Said | bred | skrach |
| Syllables | 1 | 1 |
| Letters | 5 | 7 |
| Parts of speech | noun, verb | noun, verb |
| Senses | 3 | 17 |
| How common | Core | Common |
| Synonyms | breadstuff, staff of life | abrasion, scrape, excoriation |
Full entry for bread · Full entry for scratch · More comparisons
1.n.an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
2.n.a depression scratched or carved into a surface
3.n.informal terms for money