Usually means: Share a meal; foster camaraderie.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. break bread: Merriam-Webster
  2. break bread: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. break bread: Collins English Dictionary
  4. break bread: Vocabulary.com
  5. break bread: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. break bread: Wiktionary
  7. break bread: Dictionary.com
  8. break bread: Rhymezone
  9. break bread: FreeDictionary.org
  10. break bread: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. break bread: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. break bread: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary

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  1. break bread: Idioms

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  2. break bread: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (break bread)

▸ verb:  To eat a meal, especially to eat a shared meal with friends.
▸ verb:  (Christianity) To take part in Holy Communion.

Similar:
brunch, breadcrumb, snack, pané, bistro, soup, toast, tiffin, fondue, spit roast, more...

Opposite:
feast

Adjectives:
bake-off, baking, batch, prebaking, doughy, flat out, wonderbread, baker's, sandwich, half and half, panary

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Similar:
brunch, breadcrumb, snack, pané, bistro, soup, toast, tiffin, fondue, spit roast, more...

Opposite:
feast

Adjectives:
bake-off, baking, batch, prebaking, doughy, flat out, wonderbread, baker's, sandwich, half and half, panary



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