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

The dictator was in a jovial mood and the two spoke for four hours, dining on black bread, potato pancakes and an array of meats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

There are a million ways to enjoy it, but my favorite is on a fresh latke with a smear of sour cream or with cold butter on a thick slice of Russian black bread.

From Salon • Dec. 4, 2025

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

Or maybe they’d been scared away by the food—herring in rancid oil, stale black bread, and some kind of butter that looked distinctly mossy.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo