BREAD AND BUTTER
Dictionary entry overview: What does bread and butter mean?
• BREAD AND BUTTER (noun)
The noun BREAD AND BUTTER has 1 sense:
1. the financial means whereby one lives
Familiarity information: BREAD AND BUTTER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BREAD AND BUTTER (noun)
Meaning:
The financial means whereby one lives
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
bread and butter; keep; livelihood; sustenance; living; support
Context examples:
each child was expected to pay for their keep / he applied to the state for support / he could no longer earn his own livelihood
Hypernyms ("bread and butter" is a kind of...):
resource (available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bread and butter"):
amenities; comforts; conveniences; creature comforts (things that make you comfortable and at ease)
maintenance (means of maintenance of a family or group)
meal ticket (a source of income or livelihood)
subsistence (minimal (or marginal) resources for subsisting)
