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

Our stores consisted of crackers, coffee, dried-apples, essence of beef, and salt pork in abundance, a little loaf bread, and about half a pound of citric acid.

From Half a Century by Jane Grey Cannon Swisshelm

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

From Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife by Marion Mills Miller