sliced bread

sliced bread
bread from a loaf that is sold sliced into pieces of equal thickness by an automated process

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  • Sliced bread — is a loaf of bread which has been pre sliced and packaged for convenience. History Otto Frederick Rohwedder of Davenport, Iowa invented the first loaf at a time bread slicing machine. A prototype he built in 1917 was destroyed in a fire, and it… …   Wikipedia

  • sliced bread — UK [ˌslaɪst ˈbred] US noun [uncountable] bread that is cut into slices before it is sold Thesaurus: types of breadhyponym types of food or drinkhypernym Phrases: best thing since sliced bread ▪ greatest thing since sliced brea …   Useful english dictionary

  • sliced bread — n [U] 1.) bread that is sold already cut into slices 2.) the best/greatest thing since sliced bread informal used humorously to say that something new is very helpful, useful etc ▪ He reckons his new mobile phone is the best thing since sliced… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • sliced bread — [ ,slaıst bred ] noun uncount bread that is cut into slices before it is sold the best/greatest thing since sliced bread SPOKEN someone or something that you think is excellent and very useful or helpful …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • sliced bread — noun (U) 1 bread that is sold already cut into slices 2 the best thing since sliced bread informal to be new and very helpful, useful etc: He reckons his new word processor is the best thing since sliced bread …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • sliced bread — UK [ˌslaɪst ˈbred] / US noun [uncountable] bread that is cut into slices before it is sold • the best/greatest thing since sliced bread spoken a person or thing that someone thinks is excellent or likes very much Jack thinks he s the best thing… …   English dictionary

  • sliced bread — bread that is sold after having been cut into portions …   English contemporary dictionary

  • (the) best thing since sliced bread — the best/greatest/thing since sliced bread spoken phrase a person or thing that someone thinks is excellent or likes very much Jack thinks he’s the best thing since sliced bread. Thesaurus: something or someone that is good or very good …   Useful english dictionary

  • (the) best thing since sliced bread — the best/greatest thing since sliced bread humorous if someone or something is described as the best thing since sliced bread, people think they are extremely good, often better than they really are. Portable phones are marketed as the best thing …   New idioms dictionary

  • (the) greatest thing since sliced bread — the best/greatest thing since sliced bread humorous if someone or something is described as the best thing since sliced bread, people think they are extremely good, often better than they really are. Portable phones are marketed as the best thing …   New idioms dictionary

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