brown bread

noun

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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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 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 See All Example Sentences for brown bread

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of brown bread was in the 14th century

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“Brown bread.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brown%20bread. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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