brown bread

American  

noun

1. any bread made of flour darker in color than bolted wheat flour, especially graham or whole wheat bread.

2. Boston brown bread.

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Etymology

Origin of brown bread

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

But when pushed on his favourite sandwich, Mr Robinson said: "It would have to be tuna. A tuna mayonnaise made with brown bread."

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2024

Perhaps she’ll bake — nothing “sourdough fancy,” just her dad’s recipe for brown bread.

From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2022

The crusty brown bread that accompanies the meat, seasoned with coriander seed and dotted with circles of fat, is its equal.

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2022

In the 1960s, hippies baked brown bread in coffee cans to serve alongside free stew in Golden Gate Park.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2020

Later on that evening my mother came back with a loaf of brown bread and the bad news that she was unable to find a job.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane