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loaf

/ləʊf/

/loʊf/

loafnoun

loaves

/ləʊf/

/loʊf/

Translations

буханка

I bought a loaf of bread from the bakery.

Я купил буханку хлеба в пекарне.

Additional translations

батон

каравай

Definitions

A quantity of bread that is shaped and baked in one piece and usually sliced before being eaten.

She bought a fresh loaf of bread from the bakery.

A shaped mass of food, such as meat or sugar, that is baked or molded.

He prepared a meat loaf for dinner.

(slang, chiefly UK) The human head.

Use your loaf and think this through.

Synonyms

loafverb

loafed

Past Simple

loafed

Past Participle

loafing

Gerund

/ləʊf/

/loʊf/

Translations

бездельничать

He likes to loaf around the house on weekends.

Он любит бездельничать дома по выходным.

Additional translations

шляться

лонгать

Definitions

To spend time in a lazy or idle way.

He decided to loaf around the house all day instead of doing his chores.

To shape (dough or another food mixture) into a loaf or loaves for baking.

After the dough had risen, she loafed it and set the shaped loaves on the tray.

Synonyms

hang around

loafadjective

/ləʊf/

/loʊf/

Used attributively to modify another noun, e.g. 'loaf tin', 'loaf cake'.

Definitions

Shaped like or intended for a loaf of bread; relating to a loaf.

She poured the batter into a loaf tin.