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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black bread

By October 1941, the daily ration was 200 grams of black bread, about the size of a pack of cigarettes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2023

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

From Washington Post ● Aug. 24, 2022

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 ● Nov. 15, 2019

I was doling out a drop of the Davitamon each morning on her piece of black bread, but how much longer could the small bottle last?

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom