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sweetbread

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/ 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.

Words related to sweetbread

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

Words nearby sweetbread

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

Origin of sweetbread

First recorded in 1555–65; sweet + bread
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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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