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sweetbreads

sweetbreads is the plural of sweetbread.

Meaning of sweetbread

Noun (1)

sweetbread (plural sweetbreads)

  1. The pancreas or thymus gland of an animal, especially a lamb or calf, as food.
    • SWEETBREAD SANDWICH: Cook sweetbreads until tender. When cold, remove skin, chop fine, season with salt and pepper, add one cup of finely chopped celery, and a dash of mayonnaise dressing; spread on thin slices of lightly buttered white bread. Cover with another slice and garnish with an olive.1909, Eva Greene Fuller, The Up-To-Date Sandwich Book: 400 Ways to Make a Sandwich, page 97
  2. Any of various other glands used as food, including the parotid gland, sublingual glands, ovaries, and testicles.

Noun (2)

sweetbread (plural sweetbreads)

  1. A sweetened type of bread.

Phrases with sweetbreads

Questions about sweetbreads

What is sweetbreads the plural of?
Sweetbreads is the plural of sweetbread.

Words near sweetbreads in the dictionary

  1. sweet-williams
  2. sweetbay magnolia
  3. sweetbay magnolias
  4. sweetbox
  5. sweetbread
  6. sweetbreads
  7. sweetbriar
  8. sweetbriars
  9. sweetbrier
  10. sweetbriers
  11. sweetcakes

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