bread and butter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: bread and butter	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for bread and butter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bread and butter n the financial means whereby one lives; "each child was expected to pay for their keep"; "he applied to the state for support"; "he could no longer earn his own livelihood" Synonym(s): support, keep, livelihood, living, bread and butter, sustenance
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bread \Bread\, n. [AS. bre[a0]d; akin to OFries. br[be]d, OS. br[?]d, D. brood, G. brod, brot, Icel. brau[?], Sw. & Dan. br[94]d. The root is probably that of E. brew. [?] See {Brew}.] 1. An article of food made from flour or meal by moistening, kneading, and baking. Note: {Raised bread} is made with yeast, salt, and sometimes a little butter or lard, and is mixed with warm milk or water to form the dough, which, after kneading, is given time to rise before baking. {Cream of tartar bread} is raised by the action of an alkaline carbonate or bicarbonate (as saleratus or ammonium bicarbonate) and cream of tartar (acid tartrate of potassium) or some acid. {Unleavened bread} is usually mixed with water and salt only. {A[89]rated bread}. See under {A[89]rated}. {Bread and butter} (fig.), means of living. {Brown bread}, {Indian bread}, {Graham bread}, {Rye and Indian bread}. See {Brown bread}, under {Brown}. {Bread tree}. See {Breadfruit}. 2. Food; sustenance; support of life, in general. Give us this day our daily bread. --Matt. vi. 11