Synonyms for loaf
loʊfloaf

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1. loaf of bread, loafnoun

   a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating

   Synonyms:
   loaf of bread

2. loafverb

   a quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape

   "meat loaf"; "sugar loaf"; "a loaf of cheese"

   Synonyms:
   loaf of bread

3. bum, bum around, bum about, arse around, arse about, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge aboutverb

   be lazy or idle

   "Her son is just bumming around all day"

   Synonyms:
   loll around, bum about, get, arse about, wank, lounge around, mill around, frig around, droop, lounge about, footle, lurk, bum around, lounge, grub, loiter, fool around, loll, horse around, mill about, bum, bugger off, lollygag, buzz off, lallygag, arse around, jerk off, tarry, linger, mooch, cadge, hang around, jack off, fool, masturbate, mess about, scram, she-bop, waste one's time, sponge

4. loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill aroundverb

   be about

   "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

   Synonyms:
   loll around, bushwhack, bum about, hover, arse about, lounge around, mill around, frig around, arse around, mess about, lurk, bum around, lounge, waylay, loiter, loll, mill about, bum, mill, hang around, lollygag, skulk, lallygag, footle, tarry, ambuscade, linger, lie in wait, scupper, ambush, lounge about, dawdle, waste one's time

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1. loafverb

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial.] lounge, be idle, idle away one's time

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1. loafverb

   Synonyms:
   lounge about, loiter

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1. List of paraphrases for "loaf":

   bread, roast

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How to use loaf in a sentence?

1. Amanda Orso:

   I left [the bread] out on my stovetop and my 100 percent Italian husband came home and ate half the loaf, so I thought it must be good if my Italian husband is eating this bread.

2. Bernie Sanders:

   Americans don’t need crumbs, they need the whole loaf.

3. The President:

   We're in a situation where because of a war in Ukraine, gas prices and food prices are extremely high, for example, we got millions of tons of wheat that is not able to get out and get to market. It's causing everything from a loaf of bread to cost so much money, to food shortages all across the world.

4. Edgar Watson Howe:

   Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start.

5. Raymond Martin:

   In London, this is where the phrase' spend a penny' came from, as it cost a penny to use these facilities -- the equivalent of buying a loaf of bread in those days.