loafnoun
uk/ləʊf/us/loʊf/plural loavesloaf noun (BREAD)
B2 [ C ] bread that is shaped and baked in a single piece and can be sliced for eating:
two loaves of white bread
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- Time was when you could buy a loaf of bread for sixpence.
- They shared a loaf and some cheese.
- I bought five loaves of bread.
- I baked a loaf of brown bread.
- Ask the baker to slice the loaf for you.
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Bread
- bagel
- baguette
- bannock
- bap
- barm cake
- chapatti
- chupatti
- ciabatta
- cob
- corn bread
- French stick
- garlic bread
- Granary Bread
- hallah
- hot cross bun
- poppadom
- pumpernickel
- roti
- rye bread
- staff
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loaf noun (FOOD)
[ C or U ] a dish made of meat or vegetables cut into small pieces then pressed together and cooked in a single solid piece:
meat/nut loaf
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Sausages, burgers & stuffings
- baloney
- beefburger
- black pudding
- blood sausage
- boerewors
- corned beef
- croquette
- cutlet
- falafel
- fish finger
- liver sausage
- luncheon meat
- meat loaf
- meatball
- patty
- sausage meat
- snag
- Spam
- stuffing
- Vegeburger
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Idiom(s)
half a loaf is better than none
use your loaf
loafverb [ I ]
uk/ləʊf/us/loʊf/informalto avoid activity, especially work:
Stop loafing (about/around) and get on with cleaning the windows!
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Avoiding action
- avoid
- avoid sth like the plague idiom
- avoidance
- bottle
- bottle out
- flinch
- flinch from sth/doing sth
- fudge
- get out of sth
- get-out clause
- insure
- shrink
- sit on your arse idiom
- skip out on sb/sth
- stand around
- stand by
- stand round
- steer
- welch
- welsh
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