stale bread

collocation in English

meaningsofstaleandbread

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stale
adjective
uk
/steɪl/us
/steɪl/
no longer new or fresh, usually as a result of being kept for ...
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bread
noun[U]
uk
/bred/us
/bred/
a food made from flour, water, and usually yeast, mixed together ...
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(Definition ofstaleandbreadfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstale bread

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By-products such asstalebread, fancy cakes, biscuits and waffles widely vary in their nutrient composition.
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Nonetheless, he is obsessed with saving for his old age, to a degree that makes his family unhappy: he buys second-hand clothes, eatsstalebread, and so on.
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Stalebreadis a valuable energy source for pigs18, but with 66% dry matter, its shelf-life is limited to a few days.
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Thestalebreadwas covered with mold.
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It is a sandwich ofstalebreadand poisoned meat.
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For to-day we have thestalebreadof protections and immunities to chew on.
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The bread of the sandwiches is thicker than it used to be, and one getsstalebreadand buns.
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It is because hot bread can be eaten without mastication andstalebreadtends to last a little longer.
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I have noticed that the bread that is thrown away by the maid is not fresh bread, butstalebread.
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What we are discussing is not a protest aboutstalebreadbut something infinitely more serious.
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He saidstalebreadwas alwaysstalebread, and anyone could tell that it was stale.
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There was a slice ofstalebreadon either side of a filling that consisted of tobacco and the tobacco industry.
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I suggest thatstalebreadwill not be very acceptable to the nation's stomachs.
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This is as boring as a crate ofstalebread.
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In many parts people are prepared to acceptstalebread.
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There is what we call "cutting" bread, for that is the term that is used, and notstalebread.
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She was existing on dry bread,stalebread, margarine, and weak tea.
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It has always been the practice of bakers to dispose of, for feeding to animals, any residue of broken andstalebreadand dough unfit for bread making.
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