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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz Proto-West Germanic *hlaib Old English hlāf Middle English lof English loaf * From Middle English laf, lof, loof, from Old English hlāf (“bread; loaf”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlaib, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz (“bread; loaf”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Old English hlifian (“to stand out prominently, tower up”). Cognates Cognate with German Laib (“loaf”), Danish and Swedish lev (“loaf”), Faroese leivur (“an oblong bun”), Icelandic hleifur (“loaf”), Norwegian Nynorsk leiv (“loaf”), Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐍃 (hlaibs), 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃 (hlaifs, “bread”) (whence Proto-Slavic *xlěbъ (“bread”) (see there for further descendants)), Estonian leib (“black bread”), Finnish leipä (“bread; loaf”); also Latvian klaips (“loaf”), Lithuanian kliẽpas (“loaf”). Doublet of chleb and khleb. * (brain or head): Rhyming slang, ellipsis of loaf of bread.

inherited from *hlaibaz✻ — “bread; loaf”
inherited from *hlaib✻
inherited from hlāf — “bread; loaf”
inherited from laf

Definitions

1
A block of bread after baking.
- Philander went into the next room[…]and came back with a salt mackerel that dripped brine like a rainstorm. Then he put the coffee pot on the stove and rummaged out a loaf of dry bread and some hardtack.
2
Any solid block of food, such as meat or sugar.
- sugar-loaf
3
Ellipsis of loaf of bread
Ellipsis of loaf of bread: the brain or the head.
- use one's loaf
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1. A solid block of soap, from which standard bar soap is cut.
2. 5
  A particular still life configuration with seven living cells.
  - It runs for 17331 generations before stabilizing as 136 blinkers, 109 blocks, 65 beehives, 18 loaves, 18 boats, 7 ships, 4 tubs, 3 ponds, 2 toads, and 40 gliders.
  - Running a LWSS into it can produce various debris. One of these reactions produces a loaf. When the loaf is properly hit with other LWSSs, it can be pulled backwards.
  - I am looking for the smallest ancestor of the following four loaf pattern in Conway's Game of Life:
3. A catloaf.
4. To headbutt
5. 8
  To do nothing, to be idle.
  - loaf about, loaf around

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Derived

barracouta loaf, catloaf, catloafed, confinement loaf, cottage loaf, disciplinary loaf, Dutch loaf, farmhouse loaf, farthing loaf, flesh loaf, fleshloaf, foodloaf, French loaf, frosted ribbon loaf, granary loaf, half a loaf is better than no bread, half a loaf is better than no loaf, half a loaf is better than none, liverloaf, loaf bread, loaflet, loaflike, loaf of bread, loaf pan, loaf sugar, malt loaf, meatless loaf, meatloaf, meat loaf, nut loaf, olive loaf, pan-loaf, pimento loaf, pinch a loaf, plain loaf, Pullman loaf, ribbon loaf, sandwich loaf, sugar loaf, sugar-loaf · +5 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at loaf. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at loaf. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at loaf

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.