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Definition of Staff of life
1. Noun. Food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked.
Generic synonyms: Starches, Baked Goods
Terms within: Flour
Specialized synonyms: Anadama Bread, Bap, Barmbrack, Bread-stick, Breadstick, Boston Brown Bread, Brown Bread, Bun, Roll, Caraway Seed Bread, Challah, Hallah, Cinnamon Bread, Cracked-wheat Bread, Cracker, Crouton, Brown Bread, Dark Bread, Whole Meal Bread, Whole Wheat Bread, English Muffin, Flatbread, Garlic Bread, Gluten Bread, Host, Loaf, Loaf Of Bread, Matzah, Matzo, Matzoh, Unleavened Bread, Naan, Nan, Onion Bread, Raisin Bread, Quick Bread, Rye Bread, Salt-rising Bread, Simnel, Sour Bread, Sourdough Bread, Toast, Wafer, Light Bread, White Bread
Group relationships: Sandwich
Derivative terms: Bread
Definition of Staff of life
1. Noun. Bread, or some other staple foodstuff. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Staff Of Life
Literary usage of Staff of life
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"... but the bread from heaven is the heavenly staff of life, that doth nourish up
into a heavenly life, and a world, and a kingdom that is without end. ..."
2. The Year Book of the United States Brewers' Association by United States Brewers' Association (1911)
"BEER A staff of life. We have shown how the old English inn grew up almost ...
"Bread, the staff of life, and beer, life itself," not unknown as a motto on ..."
3. The Year Book of the United States Brewers' Association by United States Brewers' Association (1911)
"BEER A staff of life. We have shown how the old English inn grew up almost ...
"Bread, the staff of life, and beer, life itself," not unknown as a motto on ..."
4. Principles of medicine: Comprising General Pathology and Therapeutics, and a by Charles James Blasius Williams, Meredith Clymer (1853)
"Bread may, therefore, well be called the staff of life. Even animal albumen and
fibrine require mixture with vegetable matter to make them properly ..."
5. Under the Southern Cross; Or, Travels in Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand by Maturin Murray Ballou (1887)
"—The Native's Staff of Life. — Ubiquitous John Chinaman. — Largest Apple-orchard
in the World. — Fertility of the Soil. — An Active Volcano. ..."
6. The Life, Adventures, and Opinions of Col. George Hanger Written by Himself by George Hanger, George H. Coleraine, William Combe, John Debrett (1801)
"... which would be of considerable advantage to the poor in reducing the price of
bread, which is the staff of life ; for much animal food is destructive of ..."
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