brown bread

noun

-ˌbred 

1

: bread made of whole wheat flour

2

: a dark brown steamed bread made usually of cornmeal, white or whole wheat flours, molasses, soda, and milk or water

Examples of brown bread in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the morning, our breakfasts were put through the hole in the door, in small oblong-square tin pans, made to fit, and holding a pint of chocolate, with brown bread, and an iron spoon. — René Ostberg, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026

The Scottish salmon sandwich contains salmon, lemon butter and brown bread. — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026

Serve with plenty of brown bread to mop up all that luscious sauce. — Saveur Editors, Saveur, 15 Apr. 2026

Smoked Arctic char from neighboring Labrador came next, layered on thick slices of brown bread and sprinkled with citrusy larch shoots. — Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for brown bread

• abed
• ahead
• beachhead
• bedspread
• bedstead
• behead
• blackhead
• blockhead
• bloodshed
• bowhead
• breastfed
• bridgehead