Collocations for bread - noun
ADJ.
fresh | hard, mouldy, soggy, stale
This bread is going stale.
This bread is going stale.
crusty
some nice crusty white bread
some nice crusty white bread
sliced | unleavened | home-baked, home-made | fried | garlic | black, brown, granary, naan, pitta, rye, soda, white, wholemeal | French, Italian, etc.
QUANT.
loaf | chunk, crumb, crust, hunk, morsel, piece, slice
She tore off a large hunk of bread.
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 plum jam
bread thickly spread with plum jam
toast
BREAD + NOUN
dough | pudding, roll, sauce | bin, knife
PREP.
on the ~
What would you like on your bread?
What would you like on your bread?
PHRASES
bread and butter/margarine
a plate of bread and butter
a plate of bread and butter
bread and cheese/jam, 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
(= the food given to Christians during the Communion service) People started going up to receive the bread and wine.
(= the food given to Christians during the Communion service) People started going up to receive the bread and wine.