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loaves Definition

loaves (lōvz)

noun

loaves Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • multiply: I preached on our Lord's multiplying the loaves; neither did he send us empty away.
  • slice: The tiny portions of bread were torn from sliced loaves bought at the Co-op.
  • steal: David Way, aged 11, was imprisoned for seven days for stealing seven loaves of bread.
  • buy: The tiny portions of bread were torn from sliced loaves bought at the Co-op.

Adjective modifier

  • 800g: Batches of dough are divided into portions of 400g or 800g loaves at the speed of 125 loaves per minute.
  • wholemeal: How come then that wholemeal loaves are usually more expensive than white sliced!

Noun used with modifier

  • quartern: In 1823 both charities were distributed as quartern loaves, although Hickman's bequest had specified a money distribution.
  • barley: So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves, left by those who had eaten.
loaves Quotes

There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?

—Bible (NewTestament)

And they say unto him,We have here but five loaves, and two fishes. 112

—Bible (NewTestament)

I love metaphor. It provides two loaves where there seems to be one. Sometimes it throws in a load of fish.

—Malamud, Bernard

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