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bread box

bread box is the alternative spelling of breadbox.

Meaning of breadbox

Noun

breadbox (plural breadboxes)

  1. A container for storing bread and other baked goods to keep them fresh.
    Synonyms:
    bread bin
  2. (slang) A Commodore 64 computer.
    • We had a computer at school, a Commodore 64. The thing had hardly any memory, not even one thousandth of an mp3-player kids use nowadays. To load a game you had to insert a cassette which transmitted a code by means of an endless series of beeps to a brown case we called "the bread box".2010, Barry Voeten, Colourcash, page 14

Forms of bread box

pluralbread boxes

Questions about bread box

What is bread box the alternative spelling of?
Bread box is the alternative spelling of breadbox.

Words near bread box in the dictionary

  1. bread board
  2. bread boards
  3. Bread Book
  4. bread bowl
  5. bread bowls
  6. bread box
  7. bread boxes
  8. bread brake
  9. bread buckle
  10. bread buckles
  11. bread cake

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