breadstuff

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
noun flour or meal or grain used in baking bread

From bread + stuff.

Sometimes the men caught an odour of burning meat, of rice and breadstuffs. — The Long Roll, Mary Johnston
Fresh meat disappeared the first day of the catastrophe and canned foods and breadstuffs were the only victuals in evidence. — Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror, Trumbull White
Breadstuff could be had only by sending young Abraham seven miles on horseback with a bag of corn to be ground in a hand grist-mill. — Children's Literature: A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes, Charles Madison Curry

bread, staff of life

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