bread and butter at English => English (Oxford Advanced Learners) Of Explained:
noun [U]
1 slices of bread that have been spread with butter:
a piece of bread and butter
2 (informal) a person or company's main source of income
Bread and butter at English => English (Websters 1913) Of Explained:
Bread \Bread\, n. [AS. bre['a]d; akin to OFries. br[=a]d, OS.
br?d, D. brood, G. brod, brot, Icel. brau?, Sw. & Dan.
br["o]d. The root is probably that of E. brew. ? See {Brew}.]
1. An article of food made from flour or meal by moistening,
kneading, and baking.
Note:
{Raised bread} is made with yeast, salt, and sometimes a
little butter or lard, and is mixed with warm milk or
water to form the dough, which, after kneading, is given
time to rise before baking.
{Cream of tartar bread} is raised by the action of an
alkaline carbonate or bicarbonate (as saleratus or
ammonium bicarbonate) and cream of tartar (acid tartrate
of potassium) or some acid.
{Unleavened bread} is usually mixed with water and salt only.
{A["e]rated bread}. See under {A["e]rated}.
{Bread and butter} (fig.), means of living.
{Brown bread}, {Indian bread}, {Graham bread}, {Rye and
Indian bread}. See {Brown bread}, under {Brown}.
{Bread tree}. See {Breadfruit}.
2. Food; sustenance; support of life, in general.
Give us this day our daily bread. --Matt. vi. 11
bread and butter at English => English (WordNet) Of Explained:
bread and butter
n : the financial means whereby one lives; "each child was
expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state
for support"; "he could no longer earn his own
livelihood" [syn: {support}, {keep}, {livelihood}, {living},
{sustenance}]
bread and butter at English (WD) Of Explained:
Inter: also » bread-and-butter
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Inter: en-noun » head=bread and butter|-Derived terms
See also bread-and-butter
Translation: et » bread and butter
Translation: fr » bread and butter
Translation: pl » bread and butter
Translation: sv » bread and butter
Translation: ta » bread and butter
Translation: tr » bread and butter