"sliced bread" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sliced breads [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} sliced bread (usually uncountable, plural sliced breads)
  1. Bread from a loaf that is sold sliced into pieces of equal thickness by an automated process. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Breads Synonyms: sandwich bread Derived forms: greatest thing since sliced bread Translations (bread that is sold sliced into pieces): توست (tōst) [Gulf-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), pa de motlle [masculine] (Catalan), pain de mie [masculine] (French), Schnittbrot [neuter] (German), pancarrè [masculine] (Italian), pane in cassetta [masculine] (Italian), pâine feliată [feminine] (Romanian), наре́занный хлеб (narézannyj xleb) [masculine] (Russian), pan de molde [masculine] (Spanish), pan rebanado [masculine] (Spanish), skivat bröd [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-sliced_bread-en-noun-Yq7ucp7L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "bread that is sold sliced into pieces",
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      "sense": "bread that is sold sliced into pieces",
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "bread that is sold sliced into pieces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "sense": "bread that is sold sliced into pieces",
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bread that is sold sliced into pieces",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pan de molde"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "bread that is sold sliced into pieces",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pan rebanado"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "bread that is sold sliced into pieces",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "skivat bröd"
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