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Spell Bee Word: Bread


What does bread mean?

Word: Bread

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Bread means a food made from flour, water and yeast that is baked. We cut it into slices for toast and sandwiches.

Synonyms: loaf

Sounds like: bred (raised or looked after, as in animals bred on a farm)

How do you spell bread?

Syllables: bread

Tricky part: The e-a in bread makes a short e sound, as in head. Children often write bred, which is a different word.

Watch out for: braed, bredd

Memory tip: Imagine a slice of bread balanced on your head. Bread and head both hide e-a.

Idioms and Phrases

  1. bread and butter: the main way someone earns money Example: "Teaching music is my aunt's bread and butter."

Bread in a sentence

Example 1: I like butter on my bread.

Example 2: Fresh bread comes out of the oven at six.

Example 3: We had bread and omelette for breakfast.

Fun Fact

The soft pav in pav bhaji gets its name from the Portuguese word pao, which means bread.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Chain

Complete the word sequence:

wheat, flour, dough, ____

a) bread
b) sack
c) field
d) farmer

Show answer

a) bread. Wheat is ground into flour, flour is mixed into dough, and dough is baked into bread.

Word Cookie

Insert the correct letter to form a word:

b_ead

a) h
b) l
c) r
d) w

Show answer

c) r. Bread starts with a b-r blend: b and r said quickly together.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) breade
b) toast
c) butter
d) honey

Show answer

a) breade. Breade has an e tacked on the end that bread does not need.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who bakes bread for a living?

a) a baker
b) a cobbler
c) a potter
d) a tailor

Show answer

a) a baker

2. Pick the one that is a kind of bread.

a) curd
b) paneer
c) dal
d) naan

Show answer

d) naan

Associated Words

cucumberbulletmooncottonseal
continueflasktargetsleepframe

More words from this list

correct, father, happen, middle, potter, sing, tomato, alligator

Next steps

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