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Breville

Breville proper noun: a surname from French.

Proper noun

Breville (plural Brevilles)

  1. A surname from French.

Noun

Breville (plural Brevilles)

  1. (UK, genericized trademark) A sandwich toaster; toastie maker.
    • Katie Barrett rabbits on about 'mixing my toasties'. It was a revelation to me that you could cook an egg sarnie in a Breville.2001 07, Waitrose Food Illustrated
    • One of these was Ronnie, the bible basher who had been transferred to another unit for fighting (he had swung a breville at another prisoners head but fortunately without too much damage).2013 September 30, Mark Davies, My nightmare: Two terrible years of my life, Booktango, →ISBN
  2. A toasted sandwich (toastie)
    • Toasties (Brevilles, Jaffles etc.) COMPOSITION : Any filling imaginable ( from cheese and pickles to banana and Nutella ) sandwiched and toasted between two slices of bread.2010 October 15, Bee Wilson, Sandwich: A Global History, Reaktion Books, →ISBN, page 126
    • And just so we are clear, these are Brevilles, not some sourdough, fried in a pan bollocks.2018 May 17, Max Halley, Ben Benton, Max's Sandwich Book: The Ultimate Guide to Creating Perfection Between Two Slices of Bread, Bonnier Publishing Ltd., →ISBN, page 77

Forms of Breville

Proper noun
pluralBrevilles
Noun
pluralBrevilles

Origin of Breville

Borrowed from French Bréville.

Questions about Breville

What does Breville mean?
Breville means a surname from French.
What part of speech is Breville?
Breville can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Breville in the dictionary

  1. brevigers
  2. brevigline
  3. brevigraph
  4. brevilineal
  5. brevilingual
  6. Breville
  7. Brevilles
  8. breviloquence
  9. breviloquent
  10. brevine
  11. brevinine

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