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brood.

bread

5 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/broːt/

  1. bread

    neuter · uncountable

  2. a loaf of bread

    countable · neuter

  3. a similar bakery product or other baked dish

    broadly · countable · neuter

  4. someone's livelihood

    metonymically · neuter · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch brôot, from Old Dutch *brōt, from Proto-West Germanic *braud, from Proto-Germanic *braudą.

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