bread
/brɛd/
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American sound/brɛd/
bread
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Myanmar meaning
(n) ပေါင်မုန့်။
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၁။ ပေါင်မုန့်။ a loaf/slice/piece of bread ❍ wholemeal bread ❍ brown/white bread. See also CRISPBREAD, GINGERBREAD
၂။ (sl ) ငွေ။ ပိုက်ဆံ။
❏ bread and butter /bred n 'bʌtǝ(r)/ n [U]
၁။ ပေါင်မုန့် ထောပတ်သုတ်။
၂။ (infml ) အသက်မွေးမှု။ He's trying to get work as an actor, but he earns his bread and butter as a waiter. ❍ Jobs, pensions and housing are the bread-and-butter issues of politics (ie the basic ones).
❏ bread and water [IDM ] (Brit ) အရိုးဆုံး၊ အသက်သာဆုံး အစားအစာ။ I had to live on bread and water when I was a student.
❏ bread bin n (Brit ) (US bread box ) ပေါင်မုန့်ပုံး။
❏ take the bread out of sb's mouth [IDM ] သူတစ်ပါး ထမင်းအိုးကို ခွဲသည်။
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cash, currency, bucks, aliment, bed and board, brass, cabbage, coin, comestibles, daily bread, daily food, diet, dollars, dosh, dough, fare, feed, finance, food, funds, greenbacks, grub, lolly, mazuma, means of survival, money, necessities, nourishment, nurture, nutriment, provender, provisions, rations, scratch, shingle, staff of life, subsistence, sustenance, viands, victuals
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