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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Terrazzo slabs of terrine with good brown bread and a hillock of cornichons.
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The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
Source: Bon Appetit magazine Ina’s Irish Guinness Brown Bread
Serve this delicious brown bread with honey butter.
—Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 11 Mar. 2025
For their late lunch, Lauper ordered a potassium-rich borscht soup and traditional brown bread and butter caviar for the table.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
Select: Online Shopping, Simplified These days, a toaster oven can do more than just brown bread.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2024
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The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025
Source: Bon Appetit magazine Ina’s Irish Guinness Brown Bread
Serve this delicious brown bread with honey butter.
—Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 11 Mar. 2025
For their late lunch, Lauper ordered a potassium-rich borscht soup and traditional brown bread and butter caviar for the table.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
Select: Online Shopping, Simplified These days, a toaster oven can do more than just brown bread.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2024
See All Example Sentences for brown bread
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“Brown bread.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brown%20bread. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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