loaves
SayLOHVZUS/loʊvz/UK/ləʊvz/
- 1Plural of loaf.
The bakery sells out of its sourdough loaves by noon most Saturdays.
The soap maker lets the loaves cure for a day before cutting them into bars.
Note
The f of loaf softens to v before -es, the pattern of leaves and halves, and the change holds for every solid block the noun names: bread, meat, sugar, or the big blocks of soap that bars are cut from. The verb meaning to idle keeps its f, so he loafs on the porch while the loaves cool.
loaves is a form of loaf
loaf, noun: A block of bread baked as a single piece. Full entry
- Forms
- loafloaves plural
- Spelling
- loaf → loaves: change f to v, add -es
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