Loaf

What “Loaf” means

Noun

1. A block of bread after baking.
2. Any solid block of food, such as meat or sugar.
3. Ellipsis of loaf of bread: the brain or the head.
4. A solid block of soap, from which standard bar soap is cut.
5. A particular still life configuration with seven living cells.

Verb

1. To headbutt

Verb

1. To do nothing, to be idle.

Where the word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der.? Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz Proto-West Germanic *hlaib Old English hlāf Middle English lof English loaf * From Middle English laf, lof, loof, from Old English hlāf (“bread; loaf”), from Proto-West Germanic *hlaib, from Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz (“bread; loaf”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Old English hlifian (“to stand out prominently, tower up”). Cognates Cognate with German Laib (“loaf”), Danish and Swedish lev (“loaf”), Faroese leivur (“an oblong bun”), Icelandic hleifur (“loaf”), Norwegian Nynorsk leiv (“loaf”), Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌱𐍃 (hlaibs), 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃 (hlaifs, “bread”) (whence Proto-Slavic *xlěbъ (“bread”) (see there for further descendants)), Estonian leib (“black bread”), Finnish leipä (“bread; loaf”); also Latvian klaips (“loaf”), Lithuanian kliẽpas (“loaf”). Doublet of chleb and khleb. * (brain or head): Rhyming slang, ellipsis of loaf

Probably a back-formation from loafer.

Business name ideas with “Loaf”

Industries where “Loaf” fits

We suggest this word for 2 business types and industries, including:

• Bakery
• Retail Bakeries