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

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loaf bread

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

When soiled, turn it, or rub the walls with stale loaf bread.

From Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife by Miller, Marion Mills

At this time, two cooks were kept continually at work in the kitchen preparing such plain food as we could command: such as boiled hams, biscuit, loaf bread, corn bread, and wheat coffee.

From Plantation Sketches by Devereux, Margaret