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

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

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

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