slang
as in stomach
the part of the body between the chest and the pelvis got hit right in the breadbasket

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Recent Examples of breadbasket That includes modern breadbaskets that now enjoy some of the world’s best growing conditions such as the US, and subsistence farming communities that rely on small harvests of cassava. Doyle Rice, USA Today, 21 June 2025 The Capital Grille is offering a two course Mother's Day brunch that includes blueberry breadbasket for the table. Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 11 May 2025 Other key agricultural zones, including the breadbaskets of the world, are also at risk. Narcisa Pricope, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2025 Groundwater extraction played an outsize role in this achievement and transformed the dry North China Plain into the country’s breadbasket. Gabriel Collins, Foreign Affairs, 23 Aug. 2022 See All Example Sentences for breadbasket
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Noun
  • Marinelli died of stomach cancer on June 22 in Burbank, California, his wife Jean told The Hollywood Reporter at the time.
    Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
  • From over-the-top portions to scooping competitions, this classic Italian treat has captured the imagination (and stomachs) of dessert lovers everywhere.
    Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • When Ford was 2 years old, he was diagnosed with neuroblastoma and had a tumor the size of a tennis ball in his abdomen, according to his dad.
    Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Painful bloat set into my upper abdomen.
    Jessie Rosen, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The picture shows them on the floor together with Comet fully exposing his belly, a sign of trust, while Dottie sniffs him.
    Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • When the path was dense and overflowing with chubby legs and bellies, the Babycatcher sprang his big net, lifting seven of them high into the air.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Breadbasket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breadbasket. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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