brown bread

noun

-ˌbred 

1

: bread made of whole wheat flour

2

: a dark brown steamed bread made usually of cornmeal, white or whole wheat flours, molasses, soda, and milk or water

Examples of brown bread in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

When hunger hits, Dublin’s compactness works in your favor: opt for a pub lunch of chowder, brown bread and smoked salmon, or, if fish and chips calls your name, head to O’Neill’s Pub & Kitchen, a three-century-old haunt on Suffolk Street. —David Dickstein, Oc Register, 13 May 2026

The Scottish salmon sandwich contains salmon, lemon butter and brown bread. —Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026

Serve with plenty of brown bread to mop up all that luscious sauce. —Saveur Editors, Saveur, 15 Apr. 2026

Smoked Arctic char from neighboring Labrador came next, layered on thick slices of brown bread and sprinkled with citrusy larch shoots. —Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for brown bread

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