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staff of life

noun

1 staff of life

Food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked.

synonyms: bread, breadstuff.

Roget 298: eating etc. v.; deglutition, gulp, epulation, mastication, manducation, rumination; gluttony etc. 957.    [eating specific foods] ... show more

Roget 359: life, vitality, viability; animation; vital spark, vital flame, soul, spirit.    respiration, wind; breath of life, breath of one's nostrils; oxygen, air.    ... show more

Dutch: poen, brood
Polish: chleb


Moby thesaurus: 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 ... show more.

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