sweetbread

[ sweet-bred ]
/ ˈswitˌbrɛd /
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noun

Also called stomach sweetbread. the pancreas of an animal, especially a calf or a lamb, used for food.
Also called neck sweetbread, throat sweetbread. the thymus gland of such an animal, used for food.

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Origin of sweetbread

First recorded in 1555–65; sweet + bread

Words nearby sweetbread

sweet-and-sour, sweet-scented, sweet-shop, sweet-talk, sweet-tempered, sweetbread, sweetbrier, sweeten, sweeten the kitty, sweetener, sweetening
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Words related to sweetbread

heart, marrow, stomach, tongue, tripe, brains, chitlins, chitterlings, giblets, gizzard, kidneys, liver, pancreas, testis, thymus

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British Dictionary definitions for sweetbread

sweetbread
/ (ˈswiːtˌbrɛd) /

noun

the pancreas (stomach sweetbread) or the thymus gland (neck or throat sweetbread) of an animal, used for food

Word Origin for sweetbread

C16: sweet + bread, perhaps from Old English brǣd meat; related to Old Saxon brādo ham, Old High German brāt, Old Norse brāth
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