sliced bread

Pre-cut bakery product

Sliced bread is bread sold pre-cut into uniform pieces, ready for sandwiches or toast.

The phrase the best thing since sliced bread describes something remarkably useful or innovative—usually with light irony, since sliced bread itself is a modest convenience.

He thinks he's the greatest thing since sliced bread suggests inflated self-regard.

bread

loaf

Baked bread shape

  • toastHeated bread; glass-raising honor
  • crustHard outer layer
  • crumbsSmall food fragments

wholegrain · rye · sourdough · multigrain · pumpernickel · brioche · wheat · yeast · gluten · preservatives

idiom

benchmark

Standard for comparison

game-changer · breakthrough · revolutionary · invention · improvement · progress · milestone · expression · saying · hyperbole

staple

pantry

Household provisions closet

household · everyday · budget · affordable · sustenance · nutrition · diet · breakfast · lunchbox · basic

convenience

ready-to-use

Needing no preparation

handy · accessible · quick · ease · simplicity · labor-saving · portion-control · consistent · stackable · packaging

sandwiches

deli

Prepared foods shop

tomato · ham · turkey · cheese · grilled cheese · submarine · panini · toastie · clubhouse · hoagie

Categories
Opposites
bread form/preparation

sliced breadloaf

Baked bread shape

artisan loaf · boule · baguette · flatbread · bread roll

innovation/convenience benchmark

sliced breadNew Coke

Failed soda reformulation

Betamax · snake oil · vaporware · inconvenience · white elephant

Family

bread, slice, breads, sliced, slices, slicing, breaded, breadwinner, breadcrumbs

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G