breadbasket

American  

[bred-bas-kit, -bah-skit] / ˈbrɛdˌbæs kɪt, -ˌbɑ skɪt /

noun

1. a basket or similar container for bread or rolls.

2. an agricultural area that provides large amounts of food, especially grain, to other areas.

3. Slang. a person's stomach or abdomen.

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a geographical breadbasket.

   Iowa is a breadbasket state.

breadbasket British  

/ ˈbrɛdˌbɑːskɪt /

noun

1. a basket for carrying bread or rolls

2. a slang word for stomach

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Etymology

Origin of breadbasket

First recorded in 1545–55; bread + basket

Example Sentences

King soon asked Jackson to be the national director of Operation Breadbasket.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

Through the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which King founded in 1957 to promote non-violent action to seek social and economic justice, he established Operation Breadbasket.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

As the Chicago Tribune reported, Collins often served a young Rev. Jesse Jackson and other organizers of Operation Breadbasket — a predecessor of Operation Push — for free at Argia B's Bar-B-Q.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2021

So many people misunderstood Operation Breadbasket to be a food-handout program, but Johnson learned that hunger was a big problem among low-income families.

From Washington Times • Apr. 2, 2018

Don't Breadbasket me, mem, if you please, mem.

From Burlesques by Thackeray, William Makepeace

Related Words

• abdomen
• gut
• insides
• pelvis
• tank
• tummy