rye bread
noun
: bread made wholly or in part of rye flour
especially
: a light bread often with caraway seeds
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What started as a deli called Iceland Brothers has been slicing exceptional pastrami, corned beef, and loaves of rye bread on the Lower East Side since 1888.
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Devra Ferst, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2026
According to a previous Free Press report, the No. 1 sellers are the Reuben and the Box Car sandwiches on rye bread, made especially for them by the Michigan Bread Co.
—Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 1 Dec. 2025
Plus, the hotel’s diner will serve a holiday meal for guests, available through December, with slow-roasted turkey breast, mashed potatoes and turkey gravy, rye bread stuffing, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce and a green bean casserole.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2025
Later that afternoon, after my lunch of peanut butter and honey sandwich on rye bread, Big Kate came back to my workroom with a woman in tow.
—Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
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Devra Ferst, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2026
According to a previous Free Press report, the No. 1 sellers are the Reuben and the Box Car sandwiches on rye bread, made especially for them by the Michigan Bread Co.
—Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 1 Dec. 2025
Plus, the hotel’s diner will serve a holiday meal for guests, available through December, with slow-roasted turkey breast, mashed potatoes and turkey gravy, rye bread stuffing, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce and a green bean casserole.
—Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2025
Later that afternoon, after my lunch of peanut butter and honey sandwich on rye bread, Big Kate came back to my workroom with a woman in tow.
—Literary Hub, 21 Nov. 2025
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“Rye bread.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rye%20bread. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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