Silly one this but ... I was writing today and typed 'loaf of bread'. I have alway said 'loaf of bread'. In print it looks wrong. 'Of bread' seems redundant. Can I just put 'loaf'? Or can other things take on the form of a loaf? Does loaf mean a certain size? Can you have a loaf of cheese?
being from the North of England I can call it a loaf. Not sure about anywhere else. Use your loaf can also refer to your brain It is the shape you can get a loaf of sugar or butter. Less well used is for a lettuce head.
Ever hear of meat loaf? A loaf is usually bread, but it can refer to any food shaped into a similar shape and baked. Tea loaves are cake, not bread, for instance.
Ah yes, forgot about meatloaf. Apparently he became a vegetarian. A journalist wrote 'for clarity, he should change his name to veggie burger'.
Ha, yeah. To give a slightly more considered answer, if your scene is set in a bakery then you could get away with it, otherwise probably best write it out in full.
I don't see anything wrong with 'loaf of bread' Being that you're not happy with it, what about: brown/white loaf sliced/unsliced loaf wholemeal loaf cottage loaf etc.
I decided to use 'loaf of bread' to denote size. Colour or pre-cut is immaterial. However, I did contemplate types, such as the aforementioned cottage but then I wondered if people referred to, cobs, split tins, bloomers etc. Are they descriptions from the past? Would young, cosmopilitan Britain know these terms? If I used cottage loaf would some think I meant the size of a cottage? Funny how something so everyday becomes complex on paper.
you can buy all of them in Asda and Tescos. Although if you do use Crusty Bloomers in the UK it may also get a couple of sniggers
