black bread

American  

noun

1. a coarse-grained dark bread, often sour and made from whole-grain rye flour.

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black bread British  

noun

1. a kind of very dark coarse rye bread

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Example Sentences

But some nations had come prepared - Germany brought snacks of salami and black bread.

From BBC

By using small things: e.g., a slice of the black bread that merely prolonged starvation.

From Washington Post

In Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, Zemaray Hakimi said he can only give his children one meal a day, usually hard, black bread dunked in tea.

From Seattle Times

Call at the market next to the station for supplies for the journey, including warm sweet black bread and hot soup from the pine cabins outside.

From The Guardian

If the Reuben’s on special, get it — this sandwich, on Dacha’s marvelous housemade black bread, might bring tears to your eyes.

From Seattle Times