bread and water

noun

An extremely meager or straitened diet, as of an ascetic, penitent or prisoner.

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Meanings

noun
  1. datedAn extremely meager or straitened diet, as of an ascetic, penitent or prisoner.
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APA

bread and water. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bread%20and%20water

MLA

“bread and water.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bread%20and%20water. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bread and water,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bread%20and%20water.

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