sweetbread
sweet·bread
sweetbread · sweetbreads
сладкое мясо, поджелудочная железа
Bries, Kalbsmilch, Milke
The pancreas or thymus gland of an animal, especially a lamb or calf, as foodThe pancreas or thymus gland of an animal, especially a lamb or calf, as food.
UK/ˈswiːtbɹɛd/US/ˈswitˌbɹɛd/
Meaning
3 sensesThe pancreas or thymus gland of an animal, especially a lamb or calf, as food.
Bries, Kalbsmilch, Milke
сла́дкое мя́соsládkoje mjáso, поджелу́дочная железа́podželúdočnaja železá
Any of various other glands used as food, including the parotid gland, sublingual glands, ovaries, and testicles.
A sweetened type of bread.
More definitions
- edible glands of an animal
Translations
8 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
pancreas or thymus gland of an animal as food:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
pancreas or thymus gland of an animal as food:
Origin
Apparently from sweet + bread, though the reason is not immediately evident. Possibly connApparently from sweet + bread, though the reason is not immediately evident. Possibly connected with Dutch zwezerik, whose etymology is also unclear.
Compound of sweet + bread.
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Forms
plural: sweetbreads| Singular | sweetbread |
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Synonyms
8 synonymsthymus gland:gullet sweetbreadneck sweetbreadthroat sweetbread
Close in meaning
- edible glands of an animal:sweetbreads