[brɛd], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a food made of flour, water, and a leavening agent such as yeast mixed together and baked
(e.g: a loaf of bread)

- money
(e.g: I hate doing this, but I need the bread)


Phrases:
- bread and circuses
- bread and water
- bread and wine
- break bread
- cast one's bread upon the waters
- know which side one's bread is buttered
- one cannot live by bread alone
- one's daily bread
- take the bread out of the mouths of
- the best thing since sliced bread
- the bread of life
- want one's bread buttered on both sides

Origin:
Old English brēad, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch brood and German Brot

[brɛd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- coat (food) with breadcrumbs before cooking
(e.g: bread the chicken and fry it in oil.)


Phrases:
- bread and circuses
- bread and water
- bread and wine
- break bread
- cast one's bread upon the waters
- know which side one's bread is buttered
- one cannot live by bread alone
- one's daily bread
- take the bread out of the mouths of
- the best thing since sliced bread
- the bread of life
- want one's bread buttered on both sides

Origin:
Old English brēad, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch brood and German Brot