Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

take bread and salt

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English

Syllables
take bread- and salt
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To practice the custom of using bread and salt to make solemn an oath or affirmation.

Obsolete

Usage

Inflected Forms

takes bread and salt (present, singular) taking bread and salt (participle, present) took bread and salt (past) taken bread and salt (participle, past)

Questions

What does take bread and salt mean?
To practice the custom of using bread and salt to make solemn an oath or affirmation.

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