white bread
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noun
any white or light-colored bread made from finely ground, usually bleached, flour.
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Origin of white bread
First recorded in 1300–50
Other definitions for white bread (2 of 2)
white-bread
[ 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.
Origin of white-bread
First recorded in 1975–80
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How to use white bread in a sentence
Also, in 1939, Dr. Whitebread was promoted to the rank of associate curator.
History of the Division of Medical Sciences|Sami Khalaf HamarnehWhitebread, Fenwick, and three other Jesuits, afterwards underwent the same fate.
Historical Parallels, vol 3 (of 3)|Arthur Thomas MalkinTwo decades later, Dr. Whitebread designed a panel showing photographs of famous medical pioneers of all nationalities.
History of the Division of Medical Sciences|Sami Khalaf Hamarneh