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

At Mensch’s, both locations have coffee cake, chocolate chip banana bread, and babka, which can be prepared in a French toast fashion, and black and white cookies planned to come to both locations. —Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025

Every baker has a favorite banana bread recipe up their sleeves. —Heather Riske, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 May 2025

Guests will end the meal with Jiho’s signature almond banana bread pudding with butterbeer ice cream. —Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025

But feel free to leave them out for a softer, nut-free banana bread experience. —Melissa Clark, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for banana bread

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