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 region, Hultgren noted, is both one of the world’s richest breadbaskets and one of its most endangered. Saul Elbein, The Hill, 18 June 2025 Self-defense group attacks agents The tragedy in the Artibonite region, considered the country’s breadbasket, is yet another example of Haiti’s descent into chaos and the degree to which impunity and barbarity rein as armed gangs tighten their grip. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 June 2025 America’s dream of securing dominance in one of the world’s breadbaskets, home to vast resources and human capital at the expense of Europe and Russia, has been deftly parried. Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025 These regions, home to vibrant ecosystems and global breadbaskets that feed the world, are on the frontlines of aridity’s slow but relentless advance. Narcisa Pricope, The Conversation, 10 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for breadbasket
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Noun
  • Patients may also experience stomach cramps and vomiting.
    Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
  • GISTs happen most often in the stomach and small intestine.
    Becca Longmire, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Environmental conditions may have shifted at some point in time, making abdomens less advantageous.
    Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 July 2025
  • The young receiver has been dealing with an abdomen injury that led to him being placed on IR.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Dani smiled and leaned into her husband, wearing a cropped black T-shirt that showed off her belly.
    Hannah Sacks, People.com, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Horton and an assistant fasten a saddle and harness ropes across the bull’s broad belly.
    Jon-Michael Banks, Kansas City Star, 31 July 2025

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“Breadbasket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breadbasket. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.

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