loaves
Multiple Entries:loaves loaf
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loaves/ləʊvz/
plural form of loaf1.
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loaf1
▶noun (pl. loaves) a quantity of bread that is shaped and baked in one piece.
– phrases
use one's loaf Brit. informal use one's common sense. [prob. from loaf of bread, rhyming sl. for ‘head’.]
use one's loaf Brit. informal use one's common sense. [prob. from loaf of bread, rhyming sl. for ‘head’.]
– origin OE hlāf, of Gmc origin.
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loaf2
▶verb idle one's time away in aimless loitering.
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