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

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

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

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