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(obsolete) An extra loaf added by bakers to every dozen, completing a baker's dozen..
The number thirteen is also sometimes known as a "baker's dozen," because it was formerly a common practice to give thirteen loaves for twelve, the extra piece being called the in-bread or to-bread.
Use to-bread when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
To-bread means (obsolete) An extra loaf added by bakers to every dozen, completing a baker's dozen..
Common synonyms include in-bread.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The number thirteen is also sometimes known as a "baker's dozen," because it was formerly a common practice to give thirteen loaves for twelve, the extra piece being called the in-bread or to-bread.
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