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loaves

American  
[lohvz] / loʊvz /

noun

  1. the plural of loaf.


loaves British  
/ ləʊvz /

noun

  1. the plural of loaf 1

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Craftsman’s Valley features booths where artisans show off such skills as blacksmithing or glassblowing, and the Grist Mill churns out loaves of the park’s famed cinnamon bread.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

The resulting sourdough loaves were not only higher in nutritional value but also showed a broader range of flavors.

From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026

Throughout these trips, he distributed tens of thousands of loaves since the start of the war in 2022, mostly to elderly people who have no support from their families or from the state, Nervi said.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

“I was testing new recipes, new inclusions, new techniques . . . basically pumping out loaves left, right and center with nowhere for them to go.”

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026

“Stories about Yesu. From the Bible. Once, Yesu had just five loaves of bread and two fishes, and he turned it into enough food to feed a whole crowd.”

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman

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