staff of life

staff of life
Synonyms and related words:
French bread, Irish soda bread, Italian bread, black bread, bread, bread stick, bread stuff, brown bread, cracked-wheat bread, crust, dark bread, garlic bread, graham bread, loaf of bread, matzo, matzoth, nut bread, pain, pita, pumpernickel, raisin bread, rye bread, salt-rising bread, sourbread, sourdough bread, toast, tommy, unleavened bread, white bread, whole wheat bread

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  • staff of life — staff′ of life′ n. bread, considered as the mainstay of the human diet • Etymology: 1630–40 …   From formal English to slang

  • staff of life — n. bread, regarded as the basic food …   English World dictionary

  • staff of life — noun food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked • Syn: ↑bread, ↑breadstuff • Derivationally related forms: ↑bread (for: ↑bread) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • The staff of life — Staff Staff (st[.a]f), n.; pl. {Staves} (st[=a]vz or st[aum]vz; 277) or {Staffs} (st[.a]fs) in senses 1 9, {Staffs} in senses 10, 11. [AS. st[ae]f a staff; akin to LG. & D. staf, OFries. stef, G. stab, Icel. stafr, Sw. staf, Dan. stav, Goth.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • staff of life — Date: 1638 a staple of diet; especially bread …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • staff of life — bread, considered as the mainstay of the human diet. [1630 40] * * * …   Universalium

  • staff of life — noun Bread, or some other staple foodstuff …   Wiktionary

  • the staff of life — ► the staff of life a staple food or usual sustenance. Main Entry: ↑staff …   English terms dictionary

  • (the) staff of life — literary a food such as bread that is eaten in large amounts by a lot of people. Bread is the staff of life, which is why we only use the finest organic flour to make ours …   New idioms dictionary

  • (the) staff of life — the ˌstaff of ˈlife idiom (literary) a basic food, especially bread Main entry: ↑staffidiom …   Useful english dictionary

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