English
Image:Breads.jpg|thumb|two loaves (1) of [[bread]]

Pronunciation
IPA|/l��f/
:rhymes|��f

Etymology 1
From OE. term|hlaf|hl�f|lang=ang.

Noun
en-noun|loa|ves

1. (also loaf of bread) A block of bread after bake|baking.
2. Any solid block of food, such as meat.
3. Cockney rhyming slang Shortened from "loaf of bread", the head (mainly in the phrase use one's loaf).
4. A solid block of soap, from which standard bars are cut.

Synonyms
sense|head, all slang bonce, noddle, nut

References
(soap) Miller, J.L. "Customers believe in downstate Soap Fairy", Wikipedia:Delaware News-Journal|The News Journal, B10, January 10, 2006.

Translations
trans-top|block of bread
Czech: bochník m, pecen m
Dutch: brood#Dutch|brood m
French: pain#French|pain m
German: Laib m
Greek: κα�βέλι (karveli) n, ��α�ζ�λα (fratzola) f
Icelandic: hleifur m, brauð n
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Polish: bochenek m
Serbian: vekna, veknica
Spanish: pan m
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trans-top|block of food
Icelandic: hleifur m
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trans-top|head (slang)
Spanish: mollera f
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trans-top|large block of soap
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Derived terms
meatloaf

Etymology 2
Probably a back-form|loafer|nocap=3

Verb
en-verb

1. intransitive To do nothing, to be idle.

#: loaf about, loaf around

Synonyms
idle, laze, lounge

Translations
trans-top|do nothing
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