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View synonyms for sweetbread

sweetbread

[ sweet-bred ]

noun

  1. Also called stomach sweetbread. the pancreas of an animal, especially a calf or a lamb, used for food.
  2. Also called neck sweetbread, the thymus gland of such an animal, used for food.


sweetbread

/ ˈswiːtˌbrɛd /

noun

  1. the pancreas ( stomach sweetbread ) or the thymus gland ( neck or throat sweetbread ) of an animal, used for food
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sweetbread1

First recorded in 1555–65; sweet + bread
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sweetbread1

C16: sweet + bread , perhaps from Old English brǣd meat; related to Old Saxon brādo ham, Old High German brāt, Old Norse brāth
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Example Sentences

What about the patient who eats several eggs or consumes a sweetbread or other nuclein-containing articles of diet?

And yet she had done her best, and placed before him a sweetbread and dish of sea-kale that ought to have made him enthusiastic.

The thymus gland, which lies near the heart and is often called the heart sweetbread, is the best one.

The pancreas, which is the stomach sweetbread, is used less often than the others.

The thyroid gland lies in the throat and is called the throat sweetbread.

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