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Definition of Breadbasket
1. Noun. A geographic region serving as the principal source of grain.
Generic synonyms: Region
2. Noun. An enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion.
Exact synonyms: Stomach, Tum, Tummy
Specialized synonyms: Craw, Crop, First Stomach, Rumen, Reticulum, Second Stomach, Omasum, Psalterium, Third Stomach, Abomasum, Fourth Stomach
Generic synonyms: Internal Organ, Viscus
Terms within: Arteria Gastrica, Gastric Artery, Gastric Vein, Vena Gastrica, Gastroepiploic Vein, Gastroomental Vein, Vena Gastroomentalis, Epigastric Fossa, Pit Of The Stomach
Group relationships: Alimentary Canal, Alimentary Tract, Digestive Tract, Digestive Tube, Gastrointestinal Tract, Gi Tract
Derivative terms: Stomachic
Specialized synonyms: Craw, Crop, First Stomach, Rumen, Reticulum, Second Stomach, Omasum, Psalterium, Third Stomach, Abomasum, Fourth Stomach
Generic synonyms: Internal Organ, Viscus
Terms within: Arteria Gastrica, Gastric Artery, Gastric Vein, Vena Gastrica, Gastroepiploic Vein, Gastroomental Vein, Vena Gastroomentalis, Epigastric Fossa, Pit Of The Stomach
Group relationships: Alimentary Canal, Alimentary Tract, Digestive Tract, Digestive Tube, Gastrointestinal Tract, Gi Tract
Derivative terms: Stomachic
3. Noun. A basket for serving bread.
Definition of Breadbasket
1. n. The stomach.
Definition of Breadbasket
1. Noun. A basket used for storing or carrying bread. ¹
2. Noun. A region where grain is grown. ¹
3. Noun. (humorous) The stomach. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Breadbasket
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Breadbasket
1. The stomach. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Breadbasket
Literary usage of Breadbasket
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1900)
"It was Mrs. breadbasket, the housekeeper, who brought this letter, ... I hope,
breadbasket, that your master will send me my things at any rate," cries ..."
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