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bread

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UK /bred/US /bred/

noun

a type of food made from flour, water and usually yeast mixed together and baked

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The Danger of a Single Story | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | TED

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And so, as a child, I saw jam disappear from the breakfast table, then margarine disappeared, then bread became too expensive, then milk became rationed.

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