SHEWBREAD

Etymology

Noun

shewbread (countable and uncountable, plural shewbreads)

Twelve loaves of bread placed on the alter in Jewish Temples and renewed periodically. See showbread.

Source: Wiktionary


Shew"bread`.

Definition: See Showbread.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.

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