breadbox

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breadbox

  • /ˈbɹɛd.bɒks/ UK
  • /ˈbɹɛd.bɑks/ US

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noun breadboxes · bread box · bread-box

  1. A container for storing bread and other baked goods to keep them fresh.

    Similar: bread bin

  2. slang A Commodore 64 computer. We had a computer at school, a Commodore 64. The thing had hardly any memory, not even one thousandth of an mp3-player kids use nowadays. To load a game you had to insert a cassette which transmitted a code by means of an endless series of beeps to a brown case we called "the bread box".

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noun a container for storing bread

Españolpanera
한국어빵 상자 ppang sangja, 빵 저장통 ppang jeojangtong
日本語ブレッドボックス bureddo bokkusu, パンケース pan kēsu
中文麵包盒 /面包盒 miànbāohé
Françaispanetière
DeutschBrotkasten
Ελληνικάψωμιέρα psomiéra
Русскийхле́бница xlébnica

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@misc{breadbox_2026,
  title = {breadbox},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/breadbox},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}