khleb
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "They [peasants] ate it [grain] in the form of khleb (baked bread) and kasha (a stiff porridge), and drank it in the form of kvas (a slightly fermented beverage made in the home from baked bread—the beer of the ancient Babylonians and Egyptians) and vodka."
- "A novel from the Finnish, We, Karelians, starts out interestingly, because of the local color, but quickly degenerates into a stock revolutionary tale of Karelian nationalists who don’t understand which side their khleb is buttered on."
- "He tried to act like someone from a honeymoon scene in the movies, offering me the khleb and salt first, then waiting until I took a bite before returning the bread to his own mouth. […] For many, many days the difference between life and death was black khleb and white salt."
- "At that time, a dozen loaves of khleb only cost a few roubles, and it was a favourite with foreign students."
- "[…] Zoltan and Stas watch she buys a loaf of black khleb Russian khleb now two loaves of khleb […]"
- "I migrated to the dining car for smoked sturgeon and chleb."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: хле́б