sweetbread

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noun
  1. Also called stomach sweetbread. the pancreas of an animal, especially a calf or a lamb, used for food.

  2. Also called neck sweetbread, throat sweetbread. the thymus gland of such an animal, used for food.

Origin of sweetbread

1
First recorded in 1555–65; sweet + bread

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sweetbread

/ (ˈswiːtˌbrɛd) /


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

Origin of sweetbread

1
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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