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bready Meaning & Definition

ˈbred

What Does Bready Mean?

Bready is a noun that means a usually baked and leavened food made of a mixture whose basic constituent is flour or meal. It is also used to mean food, sustenance.

Quick Facts About Bready

Part of speechnoun
Pronunciation/ˈbred/
Synonymsbucks, cabbage and cash
Antonymsbane, poison and toxin

Bready Definition (Noun)

  1. a usually baked and leavened food made of a mixture whose basic constituent is flour or meal
  2. food, sustenance

    our daily bread

  3. livelihood

    earns his bread as a laborer

  4. money

Synonyms of Bready

Bready synonyms and antonyms →

Antonyms of Bready

Bready in a Sentence

our daily bread

earns his bread as a laborer

I'll buy that tomorrow, when I get some bread

supplied his charges with bread and a place to stay

Word Forms & Grammar

bready adjective

bread

breads

bready

bread upon the waters

bready (comparative breadier, superlative breadiest)

Words That Rhyme With Bready

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Origin of Bready

Origin 1: Middle English breed, from Old English brēad; akin to Old High German brōt bread, Old English brēowan to brew

Origin 2: From bread + -y.

First Known Use

before 12th century

Quick Answers About Bready

What part of speech is bready?

Bready is a noun.

What is another word for bready?

Close synonyms of bready are bucks, cabbage and cash. See the full list of bready synonyms and antonyms.

What is the opposite of bready?

Words opposite in meaning to bready are bane, poison, toxin and venom.

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