A food made from flour, water, and usually yeast, baked in an oven. It is one of the most common foods in the world.

Uncountable noun. You cannot say 'a bread' or 'breads'. Instead say 'a slice of bread', 'a loaf of bread', or 'some bread'. Common collocations: bread and butter, brown bread, white bread, bread roll.

Bread has been a staple food in English-speaking countries for centuries. 'Breaking bread' with someone means sharing a meal as a sign of friendship. 'The best thing since sliced bread' means something very good or useful — an expression that started in the 1920s.