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

Word History

First Known Use

1987, in the meaning defined above