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

Coffee Shop Banana Bread Crunch Muffins These banana bread muffins from Indianapolis food bloggers Sonja and Alex Overhiser are over-the-top delicious—quite literally. — Ginger Crichton, Midwest Living, 6 Sep. 2026

Cardamom, banana bread, peanut butter and hazelnut lattes rounded out the top five. — Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 1 Sep. 2026

Fold sliced or cubed strawberries into batter for pancakes, muffins, or banana bread. — Kirsten Nunez, Martha Stewart, 31 Aug. 2026

The chain noted in a release that the new banana bread flavor will be available beyond the fall season. — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 31 Aug. 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
• bowhead
• breastfed
• bridgehead