banana bread

noun

plural banana breads

: a quick bread made with mashed ripe bananas mixed into the batter

Banana bread is the unsung hero of cutting back on kitchen waste. What other decadent treat could you make that uses up all your nearly-expired breakfast fruit?

—Kaitlyn McInnis

A lot of us are moving from one "comfort food" meal to the next (think of all the lasagnas and banana breads on Instagram).

—Michael J. Breus

Examples of banana bread in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In an era where millions of recipes are made for content consumption as much as actual consumption, traveling back in time for someone’s beloved 1970 banana bread recipe sounds pretty nice. — Candy Hom, AJC.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Bourbon in the batter and the frosting adds an oaky, rich depth of flavor to classic banana bread. — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2026

Bad Butter is known for its bold flavor combinations and rotating selection of nuanced pastries, from things like chocolate sourdough banana bread to ginger plum cruffins to ube caneles. — Kayla Samoy, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026

Make banana bread when your bananas get brown polka dots on them. — Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 16 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for banana bread

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