Definition of breadbasketnext
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 The dryness is expected to persist through spring after weeks of scant rainfall and a late-winter heat spell that fueled massive pasture fires across the nation’s breadbasket. — Lauren Rosenthal, Fortune, 25 Apr. 2026 The arid Persian Gulf is hardly the world’s breadbasket. — Agnieszka De Sousa, Bloomberg, 24 Apr. 2026 At the same time, violence continues to escalate in the Artibonite region, considered the country’s breadbasket. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026 Whether your family celebrates Easter with a festive brunch or dinner meal, there’s always room for a breadbasket. — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for breadbasket
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Noun
  • People were clutching their stomachs, hurling vomit into buckets.
    — Claire Hoffman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Lilly had gone to the emergency room with stomach pain just three days after graduating from university in 2024.
    — Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Copenhaver was struck in the arm and in the abdomen, wounds that left him with lingering injuries and walking with a cane.
    — Gene Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Adult worms typically move to large blood vessels in the abdomen connecting the liver to the intestines.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Just below their bellies, their hockey pants were both open at the top.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The Democrats wrote in a summary of the allegations that immigrants sleep while restrained with handcuffs, leg irons and belly chains, and even elderly people have been chained for 16 hours a day.
    — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2026

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“Breadbasket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breadbasket. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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