sweetbread
[ sweet-bred ]
/ ˈswitˌbrɛd /
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.
Nearby words
sweet-and-sour, sweet-scented, sweet-shop, sweet-talk, sweet-tempered, sweetbread, sweetbriar, sweetbrier, sweetcorn, sweeten, sweeten the kitty
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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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Word Origin and History for sweetbread
sweetbread
"pancreas used as food" 1560s, from sweet (adj.); the -bread element may be from Old English bræd "flesh."
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