white bread

¹

noun

1. any white or light-colored bread made from finely ground, usually bleached, flour.

white-bread

²

[hwahyt-bred, wahyt-]

adjective

Informal.

1. pertaining to or characteristic of the white middle class; bourgeois.

   a typical white-bread suburban neighborhood.

2. bland; conventional.

Word History and Origins

Origin of white bread¹

First recorded in 1300–50

Origin of white bread²

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

As word of mouth spread curious customers lined up for meals that included two tenders with fries, slaw and slices of white bread, nearly identical to what the chain offers today.

From Los Angeles Times

One of his creations for a typewriter-friendly bite was sliced onion and peanut butter on white bread, nothing fell apart.

From Salon

Morning roll - A soft white bread roll, its first usage dating back to Farmer's Magazine in 1801.

From BBC

Chef Busato on tasting a Korean milk bread, a fluffy white bread filled with cream, said he thinks it would do well in Europe.

From BBC

“She could make the best sandwiches out of nothing but government cheese and white bread.”

From Los Angeles Times

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