| Formas compostas |
| bread and butter | n | literal (bread with butter spread on it) | pão com manteiga loc sm |
| A glass of milk with bread and butter for breakfast is the best. |
| bread and butter | n | informal, figurative (livelihood, means of earning a living) sustento, meio de vida | pão de cada dia loc sm |
| Cooking is his bread and butter; he's a chef. |
| bread and butter | adj | informal, figurative (staple, basic) | pão de cada dia loc sm |
| bread box | n | US (bread bin, storage container for bread) | cesta de pães loc sf |
| Bread boxes are not really used anymore. I haven't seen one in years. |
| bread flour | n | (flour with high gluten content) | farinha de rosca loc sf |
| You shouldn't use bread flour to bake a cake. |
| bread knife | n | (large knife for slicing bread) | faca de pão loc sf |
| I bake crusty artisan bread, so my husband gave me a really sharp bread knife. |
| bread pudding | n | (dessert made with bread and fruit) | pudim de pão loc sm |
| Bread pudding with raisins and rum sauce is delicious. |
| break bread | v | figurative (eat a meal) | alimentar, comer vt |
| Good friends enjoy breaking bread together. |
| break bread | v | figurative (share a meal with sb) | compartilhar o pão loc vt |
| At the Last Supper, Jesus broke bread with his friends for the last time before he died. |
| garlic bread | n | (baguette toasted with garlic and butter) baguete com alho | pão de alho loc sm |
| Italian restaurants sometimes serve garlic bread with pasta dishes. |
| loaf of bread | n | (shaped mass of baked bread) | pão de forma loc sm |
| I sliced the loaf of bread to make toast for breakfast. |
| William bought a loaf of bread at the grocery store. |
| nut bread | n | (bread containing nuts) | pão de nozes loc sm |
| I love nut bread for breakfast. |
| nut bread | n | (vegetarian dish: nut loaf) prato vegetariano | pão de nozes loc sm |
| It is easy to make a dish similar to a hamburger with nut bread. |
| white bread | | | pão de forma |
| | figurado | algo insosso, sem graça |
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