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1 white bread
white bread[wait br'ed] n 1 pão branco. 2 pão de forma.————————white breadpão de forma. -
2 bread
[bred]1) (a type of food made of flour or meal baked: bread and butter.) pão2) (one's living: This is how I earn my daily bread.) pão•- breadwinner
- bread and butter
- on the breadline* * *[bred] n 1 pão. 2 alimento. 3 ganha-pão, cargo, emprego. • vt 1 panar: cobrir de pão ralado. 2 dar a comunhão (hóstia). a loaf of bread um filão, um pão. bread and butter pão com manteiga. consecrated bread pão consagrado, hóstia. corn bread pão de farinha de milho, broa. he earned, made, got his bread ele ganhou seu pão de cada dia (seu sustento). he eats the bread of idleness ele leva uma vida folgada. he has his bread buttered on both sides fig ele está em situação garantida. he knows (on) which side his bread is buttered fig ele sabe de que lado está a vantagem. he quarreled with his bread-and-butter ele brigou com Deus e todo mundo. he was put on bread and water ele foi posto a pão e água. I broke bread with him comi com ele. pita bread pão sírio. rye (brown) bread pão de centeio. white bread pão de forma. whole wheat bread pão integral. -
3 BW
abbr 1 bacteriological warfare (guerra bacteriológica). 2 black and white (branco e preto). 3 bread and water (pão e água). -
4 starch
1. noun1) (a white food substance found especially in flour, potatoes etc: Bread contains starch.) amido2) (a powder prepared from this, used for stiffening clothes.) goma2. verb(to stiffen (clothes) with starch.) engomar- starchy- starchiness* * *[sta:tʃ] n 1 amido. 2 goma, cola de amido. 3 formalidade, dureza. 4 coll energia, vigor. • vt engomar. corn starch maisena. -
5 starch
1. noun1) (a white food substance found especially in flour, potatoes etc: Bread contains starch.) amido2) (a powder prepared from this, used for stiffening clothes.) goma de amido2. verb(to stiffen (clothes) with starch.) engomar- starchy- starchiness
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