breadbasket
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breadbasket
- /ˈbɹɛdbɑːskɪt/ UK
- /ˈbɹɛdˌbæskɪt/ US
Where it comes from
From bread + basket.
noun breadbaskets · bread basket · bread-basket
- A basket used for storing or carrying bread. In theſe eaſtern countries they eat upon the plain ground, and when it is dinner-time they ſpread a round piece of leather, and lay about it tapeſtry, and ſometimes cuſhions, whereupon they ſit croſs-leg'd before they begin to eat, […] At laſt they take up the leathern table with bread and all, whic
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A region which has favourable conditions to produce a large quantity of grain or, by extension, other food products; a food bowl.
[I]t is worth noting that if global warming produces a migration of the earth's breadbaskets, then it might damage one country's agriculture, while benefiting another's.
Similar: granary
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The abdomen or stomach, especially as a vulnerable part of the body in an attack.
Tom Oliver thought he'd a very heavy stake in this here affair, as he was to fight Shelton, on the 23d, for a hundred. […] (Give it them, Tom! hit them in the bread-basket!)
Similar: dumpling-depot, victualling-office
Translations
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noun basket for storing or carrying bread
| Español | panera, panero |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 麵包籃 /面包篮 miànbāolán |
| Português | cesta de pão, cesta de pães |
| Deutsch | Brotkorb |
| Русский | хле́бница xlébnica |
Talk about this word "breadbasket." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/breadbasket. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. breadbasket. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/breadbasket "breadbasket." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/breadbasket.Cite this
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title = {breadbasket},
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