bedspread | (noun) decorative cover for a bed | Synonyms: bed cover, bed covering, bedcover, counterpane, spread |
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beebread | (noun) a mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae | Synonyms: ambrosia |
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bread | (noun) food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked | Synonyms: breadstuff, staff of life |
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(noun) informal terms for money | Synonyms: boodle, cabbage, clams, dinero, dough, gelt, kale, lettuce, lolly, loot, lucre, moolah, pelf, scratch, shekels, simoleons, sugar, wampum |
cornbread | (noun) bread made primarily of cornmeal | - |
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dread | (noun) fearful expectation or anticipation | Synonyms: apprehension, apprehensiveness |
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flatbread | (noun) any of various breads made from usually unleavened dough | - |
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gingerbread | (noun) cake flavored with ginger | - |
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goldthread | (noun) low-growing perennial of North America woodlands having trifoliate leaves and yellow rootstock and white flowers | Synonyms: Coptis groenlandica, Coptis trifolia groenlandica, golden thread |
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midspread | (noun) a measure of statistical dispersion, being equal to the difference between the upper and lower quartiles. | Synonyms: interquartile range, middle fifty |
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packthread | (noun) a strong three-ply twine used to sew or tie packages | - |
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read | (noun) something that is read | - |
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retread | (noun) a used automobile tire that has been remolded to give it new treads | Synonyms: recap |
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shortbread | (noun) very rich thick butter cookie | Synonyms: shortbread cookie |
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sowbread | (noun) common wild European cyclamen with pink flowers | Synonyms: Cyclamen hederifolium, Cyclamen neopolitanum |
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spread | (noun) act of extending over a wider scope or expanse of space or time | Synonyms: spreading |
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(noun) decorative cover for a bed | Synonyms: bed cover, bed covering, bedcover, bedspread, counterpane |
(noun) farm consisting of a large tract of land along with facilities needed to raise livestock (especially cattle) | Synonyms: cattle farm, cattle ranch, ranch |
(noun) a haphazard distribution in all directions | Synonyms: scatter |
(noun) the expansion of a person's girth (especially at middle age) | - |
(noun) a conspicuous disparity or difference as between two figures | Synonyms: gap |
(noun) two facing pages of a book or other publication | Synonyms: facing pages, spread head, spreadhead |
(noun) process or result of distributing or extending over a wide expanse of space | Synonyms: spreading |
(noun) a tasty mixture to be spread on bread or crackers or used in preparing other dishes | Synonyms: paste |
(noun) a meal that is well prepared and greatly enjoyed | Synonyms: banquet, feast |
sweetbread | (noun) edible glands of an animal | Synonyms: sweetbreads |
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thread | (noun) a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving | Synonyms: yarn |
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(noun) the raised helical rib going around a screw | Synonyms: screw thread |
(noun) the connections that link the various parts of an event or argument together | Synonyms: train of thought |
(noun) any long object resembling a thin line | Synonyms: ribbon |
tread | (noun) a step in walking or running | Synonyms: pace, stride |
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(noun) structural member consisting of the horizontal part of a stair or step | - |
(noun) the part (as of a wheel or shoe) that makes contact with the ground | - |
(noun) the grooved surface of a pneumatic tire | - |
wingspread | (noun) distance between the tips of the wings (as of a bird or insect) when fully extended | - |
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(noun) linear distance between the extremities of an airfoil | Synonyms: wingspan |