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noun
- 1. a part of a region that produces cereals for the rest of it: "the province has functioned as the country's breadbasket"
- 2. a person's stomach, considered as the target for a blow: informal "there's one in the breadbasket for you"
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1. slang : stomach. 2. : a major cereal-producing region. Did you know? Breadbasket has been used as slang in English since at least the mid-1700s. (It has been used even longer to mean literally a basket for holding bread.)
Definition of breadbasket noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
a large farming area that provides other areas with food, especially cereals that are used to make flour : The Eastern Province is the country's bread basket. Iraq used to be the breadbasket of the Middle East. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
noun. a basket or similar container for bread or rolls. an agricultural area that provides large amounts of food, especially grain, to other areas. Slang. a person's stomach or abdomen. adjective. of, relating to, or characteristic of a geographical breadbasket: Iowa is a breadbasket state. breadbasket. / ˈbrɛdˌbɑːskɪt / noun.
1. a basket or similar container for bread or rolls. 2. an agricultural area that provides large amounts of food, esp. grain, to other areas. 3. slang. a person's stomach or abdomen. adjective. 4. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a geographical breadbasket. Iowa is a breadbasket state.
a large farming area that provides other areas with food, especially cereals that are used to make flour : The Eastern Province is the country's bread basket. Iraq used to be the breadbasket of the Middle East. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
breadbasket - an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
