white bread

noun

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

Origin of white bread

First recorded in 1300–50

white-bread

[ hwahyt-bred, wahyt- ]

adjectiveInformal.

pertaining to or characteristic of the white middle class; bourgeois: a typical white-bread suburban neighborhood.
bland; conventional.

First recorded in 1975–80

White-bread ISIS recruits, culled from the wastelands of Web 2.0, call that tidy division into terrible question.
The FBI’s Bogus ISIS Bust | James Poulos | November 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Take your average lunch: turkey sandwich (white bread, lettuce, mayo, cheese), soft drink, and potato chips.
These Diet Lessons From Olympians Will Help You Lose Weight and Look Awesome | Jenna A. Bell | February 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Against these powerful alliance of tribes, what can ultra-white-bread Romney do in response?
The Tribal Election: Barack Obama Turns to the Karl Rove Playbook | Joel Kotkin | July 24, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
(3) A grilled cheese by Cecilia Fabulich, with aged cheddar and white bread.
The Art of Grilled Cheese | Isabel Wilkinson | April 22, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
She went on to describe the brown bags loaded with Cheetos, Go-gurt, and a sandwich that was made with white bread.
My War Against Food Nazi Moms | Laura Bennett | January 3, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST

One morning, while thus engaged, as Schiller turned a few steps from the door, poor Kunda offered me a piece of white bread.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment | Silvio Pellico
There are three kinds of bread—the white bread, meal bread, and black or rye bread.
Travels through the South of France and the Interior of Provinces of Provence and Languedoc in the Years 1807 and 1808 | Lt-Col. Pinkney
Quick as her movements were, Mary caught a smell of strong green tea, and the sight of a sugar bowl and a slice of white bread.
The English Orphans | Mary Jane Holmes
The steaming coffee and hot milk and the fresh white bread Apollonie had prepared looked very appetizing to him.
Maezli | Johanna Spyri
"A soft roll of white bread; she would enjoy that, for now she is old she can hardly eat the hard, black bread," answered Dete.
Heidi | Johanna Spyri

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