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The correct spelling is loaf.
How to pronounce loaf
noun
IPA: /ləʊf/
Say it like: Loa-f
The correct spelling is loaf. (also loaf of bread) A block of bread after baking. For example: "loaf about, loaf around."
Usage Examples
“loaf about, loaf around.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.(also loaf of bread) A block of bread after baking.
- 2.Any solid block of food, such as meat or sugar.
- 3.Shortened from "loaf of bread", the brain or the head (mainly in the phrase use one's loaf).
- 4.A solid block of soap, from which standard bars are cut.
verb
- 1.To do nothing, to be idle.
- 2.(Cockney rhyming slang) To headbutt, (from loaf of bread)
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