sweetbread

noun

sweet·​bread ˈswēt-ˌbred 

: the thymus or pancreas of a young animal (such as a calf) used for food

Examples of sweetbread in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The menu features comforting classics like sweetbreads, Basque-style beans, txuleton steaks, and leg of lamb. —Michael Moberly, Saveur, 13 Aug. 2025

Then, the whole dish — married with bison sweetbreads — is roasted and presented in a clear bowl to resemble an arboretum. —Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 7 Aug. 2025

Bernstein’s main dish consisted of a sweetbread infused with onion flavors, whereas Flay went with salmon paired with Dungeness crab in a saffron onion sauce. —Moná Thomas, People.com, 1 Aug. 2025

Her must-orders include the crispy veal sweetbreads and the famous artichoke soup with black truffle and mushroom brioche. —Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1565, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sweetbread

• abed
• ahead
• beachhead
• bedspread
• bedstead
• behead
• blackhead
• blockhead
• bloodshed
• bowhead
• breastfed
• bridgehead

Kids Definition

sweetbread

noun

sweet·​bread ˈswēt-ˌbred 

: the thymus or pancreas of a young animal (as a calf) used as food