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Definition for loaves (2 of 2)
loaf
1[ lohf ]
/ loʊf /
noun, plural loaves [lohvz] /loʊvz/.
a portion of bread or cake baked in a mass, usually oblong with a rounded top.
a shaped or molded mass of food, as of sugar or chopped meat: a veal loaf.
British.
- the rounded head of a cabbage, lettuce, etc.
- Slang: Older Use. head or brains: Use your loaf.
Origin of loaf
1before 950; Middle English lo(o)f, Old English hlāf loaf, bread; cognate with German Laib, Old Norse hleifr, Gothic hlaifs
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British Dictionary definitions for loaves (1 of 3)
British Dictionary definitions for loaves (2 of 3)
loaf
1/ (ləʊf) /
noun plural loaves (ləʊvz)
a shaped mass of baked bread
any shaped or moulded mass of food, such as cooked meat
slang the head; senseuse your loaf!
Word Origin for loaf
Old English hlāf; related to Old High German hleib bread, Old Norse hleifr, Latin libum cake
British Dictionary definitions for loaves (3 of 3)
loaf
2/ (ləʊf) /
verb
(intr) to loiter or lounge around in an idle way
(tr foll by away) to spend (time) idlyhe loafed away his life
Word Origin for loaf
C19: perhaps back formation from loafer
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Idioms and Phrases with loaves
loaf
see half a loaf is better than none.
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