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sweetbread

sweet·bread
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [sweet-bred]
    • /ˈswitˌbrɛd/
    • /ˈswiːt.bred/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sweet-bred]
    • /ˈswitˌbrɛd/

Definitions of sweetbread word

  • noun sweetbread Also called stomach sweetbread. the pancreas of an animal, especially a calf or a lamb, used for food. 1
  • noun sweetbread Also called neck sweetbread, throat sweetbread. the thymus gland of such an animal, used for food. 1
  • noun sweetbread animal glands eaten as food 1
  • noun sweetbread animal pancreas eaten as food 1
  • countable noun sweetbread Sweetbreads are meat obtained from the pancreas of a calf or a lamb. 0
  • noun sweetbread the pancreas (stomach sweetbread) or the thymus gland (neck or throat sweetbread) of an animal, used for food 0

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Origin of sweetbread

First appearance:

before 1555
One of the 31% oldest English words
First recorded in 1555-65; sweet + bread

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Parts of speech for Sweetbread

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

sweetbread popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

sweetbread usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for sweetbread

noun sweetbread

  • chitlins — chitterlings
  • chitterlings — the intestines of a pig or other animal prepared as a dish
  • giblet — (usually plural) the edible viscera of a bird.
  • giblets — The liver, heart, gizzard, and neck of a chicken or other fowl, usually removed before the bird is cooked, and often used to make gravy, stuffing, or soup.
  • gizzard — Also called ventriculus. a thick-walled, muscular pouch in the lower stomach of many birds and reptiles that grinds food, often with the aid of ingested stones or grit.

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