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0 0", "word": "loaflike" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "loaf of bread" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "loaf pan" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "loaf sugar" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "malt loaf" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "meatless loaf" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "meat loaf" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "meatloaf" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "nut loaf" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "pan-loaf" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "pimento loaf" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "pinch a loaf" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "plain loaf" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "Pullman loaf" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "ribbon loaf" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "sandwich loaf" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "sugar loaf" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "sugar-loaf" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "tank loaf" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "temse loaf" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "Vienna loaf" }, { "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0", "word": "wave loaf" } ], "descendants": [ { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "bn", "2": "লোফ", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Bengali: লোফ (lōph)", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ Bengali: লোফ (lōph)" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "mh", "2": "ļoob", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Marshallese: ļoob", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ Marshallese: ļoob" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "nb", "2": "loff", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: loff", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: loff" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "nn", "2": "loff", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: loff", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: loff" }, { "depth": 1, "templates": [ { "args": { "1": "gd", "2": "lofa", "bor": "1" }, "expansion": "→ Scottish Gaelic: lofa", "name": "desc" } ], "text": "→ Scottish Gaelic: lofa" } ], "etymology_number": 1, "etymology_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "enm", "3": "lof" }, "expansion": "Middle English lof", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "ang", "3": "hlāf", "4": "", "5": "bread, loaf of bread" }, "expansion": "Old English hlāf (“bread, loaf of bread”)", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "gmw-pro", "3": "*hlaib" }, "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *hlaib", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "gem-pro", "3": "*hlaibaz", "4": "", "5": "bread, loaf" }, "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz (“bread, loaf”)", "name": "inh" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "nocap": "1" }, "expansion": "uncertain", "name": "unc" }, { "args": { "1": "ang", "2": "hlifian", "3": "", "4": "to stand out prominently, tower up" }, "expansion": "Old English hlifian (“to stand out prominently, tower up”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "sco", "2": "laif", "3": "", "4": "loaf" }, "expansion": "Scots laif (“loaf”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "de", "2": "Laib", "3": "", "4": "loaf" }, "expansion": "German Laib (“loaf”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "sv", "2": "lev", "3": "", "4": "loaf" }, "expansion": "Swedish lev (“loaf”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "ru", "2": "хлеб", "3": "", "4": "bread, loaf" }, "expansion": "Russian хлеб (xleb, “bread, loaf”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "pl", "2": "chleb", "3": "", "4": "bread" }, "expansion": "Polish chleb (“bread”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "fi", "2": "leipä", "3": "", "4": "bread" }, "expansion": "Finnish leipä (“bread”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "et", "2": "leib", "3": "", "4": "black bread" }, "expansion": "Estonian leib (“black bread”)", "name": "cog" }, { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "chleb", "3": "khleb" }, "expansion": "Doublet of chleb and khleb", "name": "doublet" }, { "args": { "1": "brain or head" }, "expansion": "(brain or head):", "name": "sense" } ], "etymology_text": "* From Middle English lof, laf, from Old English hlāf (“bread, loaf of bread”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlaib, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz (“bread, loaf”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Old English hlifian (“to stand out prominently, tower up”). Cognate with Scots laif (“loaf”), German Laib (“loaf”), Swedish lev (“loaf”), Russian хлеб (xleb, “bread, loaf”), Polish chleb (“bread”); as a borrowing, Finnish leipä (“bread”), Estonian leib (“black bread”). Doublet of chleb and khleb.\n* (brain or head): Rhyming slang, shortened from \"loaf of bread\".", "forms": [ { "form": "loaves", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "loaves" }, "expansion": "loaf (plural loaves)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "_dis": "10 12 9 28 24 6 10", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Yiddish translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "57 43 0 0 0 0 0 0", "kind": "topical", "langcode": "en", "name": "Food and drink", "orig": "en:Food and drink", "parents": [ "All topics", "Fundamental" ], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:", "text": "Philander went into the next room[…]and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry bread and some hardtack.", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "A block of bread after baking." ], "id": "en-loaf-en-noun-en:bread", "links": [ [ "loaf of bread", "loaf of bread" ], [ "block", "block" ], [ "bread", "bread" ], [ "baking", "bake" ] ], "qualifier": "also loaf of bread", "raw_glosses": [ "(also loaf of bread) A block of bread after baking." ], "senseid": [ "en:bread" ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "raḡīf", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "رَغِيف" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "samun", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "самун" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "franzela", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "франзела" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "sense": "block of bread", "word": "一條麵包" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "yī tiáo miànbāo", "sense": "block of bread", "word": "一条面包" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "kw", "lang": "Cornish", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "torth" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "bochník" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "pecen" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "brood" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "block of bread", "word": "leipä" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "block of bread", "word": "limppu" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "baguette" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "miche" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "pain" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "bolo" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "molete" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "sembra" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "panocha" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "tarxa" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "regueifa" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "gl", "lang": "Galician", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "fogaza" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "ka", "lang": "Georgian", "roman": "baṭoni", "sense": "block of bread", "word": "ბატონი" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Laib" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "Laib Brot" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "Brot" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "karvéli", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "καρβέλι" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "fratzóla", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "φρατζόλα" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "grc", "lang": "Ancient Greek", "roman": "ártos", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "ἄρτος" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "he", "lang": "Hebrew", "roman": "kikár", "sense": "block of bread", "word": "כיכר" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "block of bread", "word": "kenyér" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "hleifur" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "brauð" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "izh", "lang": "Ingrian", "sense": "block of bread", "word": "bulkka" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "bairín" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "bollóg" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "ga", "lang": "Irish", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "builín" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "pagnotta" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "pan carrè" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "pane in cassetta" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "pan hito katamari", "sense": "block of bread", "word": "パン一塊" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "ja", "lang": "Japanese", "roman": "pan ikkin", "sense": "block of bread", "word": "パン一斤" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "la", "lang": "Latin", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "pānis" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "block of bread", "word": "kukulis" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "lv", "lang": "Latvian", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "klaips" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "vékna", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "ве́кна" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "somún", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "сому́н" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "block of bread", "word": "rohi" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "cu", "lang": "Old Church Slavonic", "roman": "xlěbŭ", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "хлѣбъ" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "zlw-ocs", "lang": "Old Czech", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "bochnec" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "bochenek" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "pl", "lang": "Polish", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "bochen" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "pão" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "pâine" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "franzelă" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "ro", "lang": "Romanian", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "jimblă" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "buxánka", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "буха́нка" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "búlka", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "бу́лка" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "batón", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "бато́н" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "gd", "lang": "Scottish Gaelic", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "lof" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "Cyrillic", "feminine" ], "word": "вѐкна" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "Cyrillic", "feminine" ], "word": "векница" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "Cyrillic", "masculine" ], "word": "хле̏б" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "Cyrillic", "masculine" ], "word": "хље̏б" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "Cyrillic", "feminine" ], "word": "штру̏ца" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "Roman", "feminine" ], "word": "vèkna" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "Roman", "feminine" ], "word": "veknica" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "Roman", "masculine" ], "word": "hlȅb" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "Roman", "masculine" ], "word": "hljȅb" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "sh", "lang": "Serbo-Croatian", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "Roman", "feminine" ], "word": "štrȕca" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "hleb" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "hlebec" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "sl", "lang": "Slovene", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "štruca" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "pan" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "hogaza" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "sw", "lang": "Swahili", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "class-3", "class-4" ], "word": "mkate" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "common-gender" ], "word": "limpa" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "twf", "lang": "Taos", "sense": "block of bread", "word": "pʼȍkúna" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "cy", "lang": "Welsh", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "torth" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "lebl", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "neuter" ], "word": "לעבל" }, { "_dis1": "57 12 15 12 4", "code": "yi", "lang": "Yiddish", "roman": "labn", "sense": "block of bread", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "לאַבן" } ] }, { "categories": [ { "_dis": "9 11 12 24 22 14 9", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Hebrew translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "8 14 10 25 28 8 7", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Hungarian translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" }, { "_dis": "10 12 9 28 24 6 10", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Yiddish translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "ref": "1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IV. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:", "text": "sugar-loaf", "type": "quote" } ], "glosses": [ "Any solid block of food, such as meat or sugar." ], "id": "en-loaf-en-noun-Jhz4QLqr", "links": [ [ "solid", "solid" ], [ "food", "food" ], [ "meat", "meat" ], [ "sugar", "sugar" ] ], "translations": [ { "_dis1": "14 70 0 12 4", "code": "kw", "lang": "Cornish", "sense": "block of food", "tags": [ "feminine" ], "word": "torth" }, { "_dis1": "14 70 0 12 4", "code": "fi", "english": "minced meat", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "block of food", "word": "mureke" }, { "_dis1": "14 70 0 12 4", "code": "fi", "english": "sugar", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "block of food", "word": "toppa" }, { "_dis1": "14 70 0 12 4", "code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "block of food", "word": "kimpale" }, { "_dis1": "14 70 0 12 4", "code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "block of food", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "hleifur" }, { "_dis1": "14 70 0 12 4", "code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "block of food", "tags": [ "masculine" ], "word": "pan" } ] }, { "alt_of": [ { "extra": "the brain or the head", "word": "loaf of bread" } ], "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "English terms with collocations", "parents": [ "Terms with collocations", "Entry maintenance" ], "source": "w" }, { "_dis": "9 11 12 24 22 14 9", "kind": "other", "name": "Terms with Hebrew translations", "parents": [], "source": "w+disamb" } ], "examples": [ { "text": "use one's loaf", "type": "example" }, { "ref": "1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “VIII AND XII”, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:", "text": "It is frequently said of Bertram Wooster that he is a man who can think on his feet, and if the necessity arises he can also use his loaf when on all fours. [...] “Why didn't the idiot tell her not to open it?” “It was his first move. ‘I've found a letter from you here, precious,’ she said. ‘On no account open it, angel,’ he said. 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