Thesaurus results for BREADBASKET

breadbasket

noun

ˈbred-ˌba-skət

Definition of breadbasket

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

Definition of stomach

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

Definition of abdomen

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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