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

Each Friday, friends drove to Munger’s home for a potluck lunch, carrying chicken sandwiches with butter on soft white bread, the crusts sometimes removed.

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But swapping it for refined carbs like white bread, pizza and baked goods doesn’t seem to provide any benefit, he said.

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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.

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

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

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