loaf bread

American  

noun

South Midland and Southern U.S.

1. commercially baked bread; store-bought bread.

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Etymology

Origin of loaf bread

First recorded in 1550–60

Example Sentences

So the crumbs could theoretically be from some ancient loaf, bread broken at one of the most consequential meals in history.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 9, 2023

Many Sudanese line up for hours to buy a loaf bread or to get fuel for their cars; others have fled abroad.

From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2020

At 120 a loaf, bread had actually been cheaper than the grain used to make it.

From Time Magazine Archive

We got for a day’s ration three-quarters of a pound of loaf bread and six crackers, one pint of soup with a spoonful or two of beans and potatoes in it.

From The Southern Soldier Boy A Thousand Shots for the Confederacy by Elliott, James Carson

Turn into a brick loaf bread pan lined with oiled paper, allow it to become perfectly light again, and bake.

From Science in the Kitchen. by Kellogg, Mrs. E. E.