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bred

Pronunciation: /bred/

“bred” is an Old English word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. surface
  2. plank, board
  3. table, tablet

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bred, from Proto-Germanic *bredą, derived from the e-grade *bʰredʰóm, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-dʰ-, extended form of *bʰer- (“to carve, cut, split, rub”). Cognates include German Brett, Yiddish ברעט (bret).

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