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Loaf Common

Loaf has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating

"I bought two fresh loaves of sourdough from the bakery for dinner tonight."

2

a quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape

"meat loaf"

"sugar loaf"

"a loaf of cheese"

3

A block of bread after baking.

"She sliced a fresh loaf from the oven to serve at dinner."

Verb
2

be about

"The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"

"Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

3

To do nothing, to be idle.

"After working all weekend on his project, Mark decided to just loaf around the house for a few days to relax."

Example Sentences
"meat loaf" noun
"sugar loaf" noun
"a loaf of cheese" noun
"Her son is just bumming around all day" verb
"The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square" verb
"Who is this man that is hanging around the department?" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
bread food idle be
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
French loaf meat loaf sugarloaf pound cake haslet headcheese lunch meat scrapple prowl
Rhyming Words
oaf goaf catloaf meatloaf pan loaf fish loaf liverloaf sugarloaf fleshloaf meat loaf malt loaf nutraloaf pinch loaf pitch loaf dutch loaf sugar loaf vienna loaf french loaf salmon loaf granary loaf
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