bread machine

noun

plural bread machines

: a small electrical appliance that makes and bakes bread dough and often other foods : bread maker sense 2

Because a bread machine is essentially an oven with a kneading dough attachment, you can adapt it for other recipes that need similar cooking means. Your bread machine may have a jam setting on it that can be used for jams, jellies, yogurt and similar items.

—Anna Weaver

Examples of bread machine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As a more hands-off or less stressful option, many Americans turn to a bread machine for an easier homemade bread option, but this appliance presents a new set of questions and potential bread machine mistakes. — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1987, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bread machine

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