Loaf

Round loaves of fresh bread are taken out of the oven with a peel

A loaf is a shape, usually rounded or oblong, mass of food. It may refer to a whole article of bread, or meatloaf.^[1]

See also

• Bread pan, also called a loaf pan
• Cottage loaf, an English double-decker loaf of bread
• Malt loaf, a sweet dark bread, sometimes with fruit
• Nutraloaf, type of food sometimes served in some US prisons
• Sugarloaf, a solid form that refined sugar has been sold in
• Sandwich loaf, a layer-cake like party food, made from a whole loaf of bread with savory filings
• LOAF Linux On A Floppy

References

Look up loaf in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

1. ↑ American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed, 2003.