brown bread

American  

noun

• brown breads
  plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• brown breads
  plural

Etymology

Origin of brown bread

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

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brown bread

They are the bête noire of many nutritionists - mass-produced yet moreish foods like chicken nuggets, packaged snacks, fizzy drinks, ice cream or even sliced brown bread.

From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2024

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

The food is handled by Ardesia, Mandy Oser’s nearby wine bar, and will include Irish cheeses and sausages, brown bread with smoked salmon, potato-leek soup with black pudding, small savory pies and colcannon puffs.

From New York Times ● Dec. 7, 2021

The top recipe of 2019 revealed how to make the very best Irish brown bread in all of Ireland.

From Salon ● Dec. 31, 2019

For lunch there was a cheese sandwich, on brown bread, a glass of milk, celery sticks, canned pears.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood