white bread

¹ American

noun

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

white-bread ² American

[hwahyt-bred, wahyt-] / ˈʰwaɪtˌbrɛd, ˈwaɪt- /

adjective

Informal.

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

a typical white-bread suburban neighborhood.
bland; conventional.

Etymology

Origin of white bread¹

First recorded in 1300–50

Origin of white-bread²

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

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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.

From The Wall Street Journal

There were ham sandwiches on crusty brown bread, and cucumber and cream cheese sandwiches on white bread with the crusts trimmed off.

From Literature

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

From The Wall Street Journal

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

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