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bread and water

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.46 in modern English

Syllables
bread- and wa-ter
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An extremely meager or straitened diet, as of an ascetic, penitent or prisoner.

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What does bread and water mean?
An extremely meager or straitened diet, as of an ascetic, penitent or prisoner.

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