gutbread
Syllables: gut·bread/ˈɡʌtbɹɛd/
gutbread noun: the pancreas, especially the pancreas of livestock used as food.
Noun
gutbread (plural gutbreads)
- The pancreas, especially the pancreas of livestock used as food.
- Having spent many years in the slaughterhouse, I can perhaps enlighten your correspondent as to what sweetbreads are. The "throat-bread" is undoubtedly the thyroid, and the "gut-bread" the pancreas. […] But I was informed that the gut-bread, i.e., the sweetbread of dictionaries and doctors, is...1909, The Pharmaceutical Journal, volume 29, London: J. Churchill, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 819
- (3) The throat bread (thyroid gland)
(4) The heart bread (thymus gland) Biggr } These form a "set" of sweetbreads.
(5) The gut bread (pancreas)1928, Thomas Barlow Wood; Leslie Frank Newman, Beef Production in Great Britain, Liverpool: R. Silcock & Sons, OCLC 504869788, page 27
- Synonyms:
- pancreas, belly sweetbread, heart sweetbread, stomach sweetbread, sweetbread
Synonyms of gutbread
Forms of gutbread
| plural | gutbreads |
|---|---|
| alternative form | gut-bread |
| alternative form | gut bread |
Origin of gutbread
From gut + bread.
Questions about gutbread
- What does gutbread mean?
- Gutbread means the pancreas, especially the pancreas of livestock used as food.
- What part of speech is gutbread?
- Gutbread is a noun.
- How do you pronounce gutbread?
- Gutbread is pronounced /ˈɡʌtbɹɛd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of gutbread?
- The plural of gutbread is gutbreads.
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