Collocations for bread - noun
ADJECTIVE
fresh
hard, mouldy/moldy, soggy, stale
This bread is going stale.
hard, mouldy/moldy, soggy, stale
This bread is going stale.
crusty
loaves of crusty French bread
loaves of crusty French bread
sliced
unleavened
organic
home-baked, home-made
fried (esp. BrE), toasted
banana, garlic
black, brown, corn, granary, naan (esp. BrE), pitta/pita, pumpernickel (esp. AmE), rye, soda, sourdough, wheat, white, wholegrain, wholemeal (BrE), wholewheat
seven-grain, etc.
unleavened
organic
home-baked, home-made
fried (esp. BrE), toasted
banana, garlic
black, brown, corn, granary, naan (esp. BrE), pitta/pita, pumpernickel (esp. AmE), rye, soda, sourdough, wheat, white, wholegrain, wholemeal (BrE), wholewheat
seven-grain, etc.
… OF BREAD
loaf
package (AmE)
chunk, crumb, crust, hunk, morsel, piece, slice
She tore off a large hunk of bread.
package (AmE)
chunk, crumb, crust, hunk, morsel, piece, slice
She tore off a large hunk of bread.
VERB + bread
bake,
make
the smell of freshly baked bread
the smell of freshly baked bread
cut,
slice
butter, put sth on, spread
bread thickly spread with peanut butter
butter, put sth on, spread
bread thickly spread with peanut butter
toast
bread + NOUN
dough
pudding (esp. BrE), roll, sauce (esp. BrE)
basket, bin (BrE), box (AmE), knife
pudding (esp. BrE), roll, sauce (esp. BrE)
basket, bin (BrE), box (AmE), knife
PHRASES
bread and butter,
bread and margarine
a plate of bread and butter
a plate of bread and butter
bread and cheese,
bread and jam (esp. BrE),
bread and water
He had to live on bread and water for two weeks.
He had to live on bread and water for two weeks.
bread and wine
(= in the Christian Communion service)
People started going up to receive the bread and wine.
People started going up to receive the bread and wine.