Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chleb

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: chleb
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Upstairs at the Polish Club / Among plastic palms and gossip, / While Wujiu Jerzy / Sells kielbasy and chleb—[…]"
"[…] dough for the chleb beaten down with imprints of her fists and knuckles […] the moist ferment staring at her in anticipation of being molded baked buttered into something fantastic succulent artistic slices of chleb […]"
"Mountains of chleb teetered on plates."
"In the safety of her bedroom, with a litre of water and a slice of chleb inside her, things felt better again."
"The diner where the soup was almost free (three zloty, with chleb and margarine) has closed, dumping its coarse clientele into history."

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish chleb. Doublet of khleb and loaf.

Usage

Uncountable

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Questions

What does chleb mean?: Polish bread.
Where does chleb come from?: Borrowed from Polish chleb. Doublet of khleb and loaf.

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