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loaf1 <loaves> [ləʊf, Am loʊf] N

loaf2 [ləʊf, Am loʊf] VB intr

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granary bread N no pl, granary loaf <- loaves> N Brit

meat loaf N

sugar loaf N

Usage examples with loaf

a loaf of bread
бато́н m
to loaf about
шата́ться без де́ла
use your loaf! Brit
ду́май!
half a loaf is better than no bread proverbial
на безры́бье и рак ры́ба

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

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Food was scarce, in one day 10,000 loaves had to be sent into the town and distributed gratuitously to save people from famine.
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Everybody was obliged to work; loafing and begging were rejected.
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Thirteen other bread production lines in its various plants each yield over 2,000 loaves per hour.
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She spies another roach crawling out of a loaf of bread.
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I mean, this really was feeding the 5,000 with two fish and five loaves, an amazing kind of day for us.
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She ate a loaf, thanked it for such fine bread, and shut its door.
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Here there is a magic spring which is similar to the magic loaves.
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The price of a loaf of bread rose by 67 percent in 1789 alone, from nine "sous" to fifteen.
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In general, rolls are typical of the northern regions, while large loaves are typical of the southern regions.
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It is shaped into oval or round loaves with longitudinal or criss-crossed scoring.
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