breadstuff

[ bred-stuhf ]

/ ˈbrɛdˌstʌf /

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noun

grain, flour, or meal for making bread.

any kind of bread.

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Origin of breadstuff

An Americanism dating back to 1785–95; bread + stuff

Words nearby breadstuff

breadnut, breadroot, bread sauce, breadstick, breadsticks, breadstuff, breadth, breadthways, breadwinner, break, breakable

How to use breadstuff in a sentence

Near a place called Archaha, he took a brigantine laden with cassavi, the Indian breadstuff, and a small quantity of wine.
The Lily and the Totem|William Gilmore Simms
Three hundred pounds of breadstuff were required for each person.
The Life of John Taylor|B. H. Roberts
Here the troops suffered as seldom during the war for provisions, especially breadstuff.
History of Kershaw's Brigade|D. Augustus Dickert
I breathed the flour, and drank the flour, and felt myself to be enveloped in a world of breadstuff.
North America, Volume I (of 2)|Anthony Trollope

That its capital and only large city should be without breadstuff as early as July, 1915, was hard to believe, yet a fact.
The Iron Ration|George Abel Schreiner