loaf (of bread)

loaf (of bread)
• Rhyming Slang for 'head'. e.g.. "don't be stupid, use yer loaf !".

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  • loaf of bread — noun a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑loaf • Hypernyms: ↑bread, ↑breadstuff, ↑staff of life • Hyponyms: ↑French loaf, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • loaf of bread — entire unit of bread, whole baked piece of bread (as opposed to a slice) …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread — is a short play by David Ives, imitating composer Philip Glass s minimalist style; that is to say that comparatively few words and ideas are repeated many times throughout the work. The structure of this piece is closest to a rap or musical… …   Wikipedia

  • Bread and salt — is a Slavic welcome greeting ceremony.Known by its local names;* * * * * * * * *Two non Slavic nations also have this tradition: Lithuanians (Baltic) and Romanians (Latin), both of them being culturally and historically close to their Slavic… …   Wikipedia

  • loaf — loaf1 [lōf] n. pl. loaves [lōvz] [ME lof < OE hlaf, akin to Ger laib, OHG hlaib, ON hleifr, Goth hlaifs] 1. a portion of bread baked in one piece, commonly of oblong shape and in a size convenient for table use 2. any mass of food shaped… …   English World dictionary

  • bread — W3S2 [bred] n [U] [: Old English;] 1.) a type of food made from flour and water that is mixed together and then baked ▪ Would you like some bread with your soup? ▪ the smell of fresh bread ▪ a loaf of bread ▪ Could you cut me a slice of bread… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • Bread machine — A bread machine or breadmaker is a home appliance for baking bread. It consists of a bread pan with a paddle mounted in the center, in a small special purpose oven, with a control panel. While most bread machines have different cycles for… …   Wikipedia

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