Our Daily Bread

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  1. mill wheel
    water wheel that is used to drive machinery in a mill
    The power to grind the grain using heavy stone mill wheels was provided by slaves in early Roman times.
  2. hieroglyph
    a symbol in a pictorial writing system
    Hieroglyphs representing grain and loaves were also found.

    4 "Give us this day our daily bread."
  3. arrowroot
    white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields starch
    Peas, arrowroot, parsnips, beans, lentils, maize, rice, barley, and oats were substituted for wheat in experimental recipes.
  4. lentil
    widely cultivated Eurasian annual herb grown for its edible flattened seeds that are cooked like peas and also ground into meal and for its leafy stalks that are used as fodder
    Peas, arrowroot, parsnips, beans, lentils, maize, rice, barley, and oats were substituted for wheat in experimental recipes.
  5. parsnip
    a strong-scented plant cultivated for its edible root
    Peas, arrowroot, parsnips, beans, lentils, maize, rice, barley, and oats were substituted for wheat in experimental recipes.
  6. steam engine
    external-combustion engine in which heat is used to raise steam which either turns a turbine or forces a piston to move up and down in a cylinder
    Since the advent of the steam engine and then electricity, the milling of flour has become much easier.

    8 During World War I, wheat was rationed.
  7. ready-made
    made for purchase and immediate use
    Many people could not afford to purchase ready-made bread.
  8. windmill
    a mill that is powered by the wind
    In some places a watermill or windmill provided power.
  9. yeast
    a single-celled fungus that reproduces asexually
    That means an agent such as yeast was added to make the bread rise.
  10. maize
    corn
    Peas, arrowroot, parsnips, beans, lentils, maize, rice, barley, and oats were substituted for wheat in experimental recipes.
  11. Pharaoh
    the title of the ancient Egyptian kings
    Grains of wheat that grew in the Pharaoh's fields were found in excavations of some of these ancient settlements.
  12. experimental
    of the nature of or undergoing a trial
    Peas, arrowroot, parsnips, beans, lentils, maize, rice, barley, and oats were substituted for wheat in experimental recipes.
  13. Egyptian
    of or relating to or characteristic of Egypt or its people or their language
    It didn't really become bread until people started baking it somewhere between 4000 and 3000 B.C.

    3 Loaves of bread have been found in ancient Egyptian tombs.
  14. electricity
    a physical phenomenon that can produce light, heat and power
    Since the advent of the steam engine and then electricity, the milling of flour has become much easier.

    8 During World War I, wheat was rationed.
  15. production
    the act or process of making something
    Bread production has always been vital to any economy.
  16. drawing
    a representation of forms or objects on a surface by means of lines
    Bas-relief drawings of grain harvests have been found in ancient Egypt.
  17. Britain
    a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles
    At one time, the laws in Britain prevented unlicensed bakers from starting a business.
Created on 十一月 17, 2010 (updated 十一月 17, 2010)

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