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
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Traditional Irish Breakfast: two eggs, Irish bacon, bangers (sausage), black and white pudding (blood sausages), tomatoes, mushroom, beans, hash brown and brown bread.
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Feb. 2026
Dinner was rustic local food, served family style in stone bowls—a bean and potato soup, ratatouille with homemade pork sausage, stacks of rugged brown bread, and wedges of floral Tomme de Savoie.
—Stephanie Danler, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Nov. 2025
Bakers gonna bake Swift brought the talk show host a couple loaves of her famous sourdough wrapped in a brown bread paper with a clear front to see the golden artistry.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Terrazzo slabs of terrine with good brown bread and a hillock of cornichons.
—The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
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Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Feb. 2026
Dinner was rustic local food, served family style in stone bowls—a bean and potato soup, ratatouille with homemade pork sausage, stacks of rugged brown bread, and wedges of floral Tomme de Savoie.
—Stephanie Danler, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Nov. 2025
Bakers gonna bake Swift brought the talk show host a couple loaves of her famous sourdough wrapped in a brown bread paper with a clear front to see the golden artistry.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 9 Oct. 2025
Terrazzo slabs of terrine with good brown bread and a hillock of cornichons.
—The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Brown bread.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brown%20bread. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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