pertaining to or characteristic of the white middle class; bourgeois.
a typical white-bread suburban neighborhood.
bland; conventional.
First recorded in 1300–50
First recorded in 1975–80
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Items such as white bread and potatoes score high, meaning they cause rapid spikes in blood sugar, while foods like whole grains and most fruits score lower and lead to slower increases.
From Science Daily • Jan. 27, 2026
She was holding a cup of coffee and a homemade turkey sandwich — white bread, cut on the diagonal, slathered with Kewpie mayo and layered with lettuce — tucked into a brown paper bag.
From Salon • Jan. 19, 2026
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 • Nov. 27, 2025
Morning roll - A soft white bread roll, its first usage dating back to Farmer's Magazine in 1801.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2025
The next morning, at six A.M., they slogged through mud to the transit camp mess hall and ate canned figs and white bread from pie tins and drank coffee out of tin cups.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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