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bread·bas·ket  (brdbskt)

n.

1. A basket for serving bread.

2. A geographic region serving as a principal source of grain supply.

3. Slang The stomach.

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breadbasket [ˈbrɛdˌbɑːskɪt]

n

1. a basket for carrying bread or rolls

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) a slang word for stomach

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	breadbasket - a geographic region serving as the principal source of grain region - a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions"
	2.	breadbasket - an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion stomach, tum, tummy craw, crop - a pouch in many birds and some lower animals that resembles a stomach for storage and preliminary maceration of food first stomach, rumen - the first compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; here food is collected and returned to the mouth as cud for chewing second stomach, reticulum - the second compartment of the stomach of a ruminant omasum, psalterium, third stomach - the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant abomasum, fourth stomach - the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place internal organ, viscus - a main organ that is situated inside the body arteria gastrica, gastric artery - the arteries that supply the walls of the stomach gastric vein, vena gastrica - one of several veins draining the stomach walls gastroepiploic vein, gastroomental vein, vena gastroomentalis - one of two veins serving the great curvature of the stomach epigastric fossa, pit of the stomach - a slight depression in the midline just below the sternum (where a blow can affect the solar plexus) alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tract, digestive tube, gastrointestinal tract, GI tract - tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination
	3.	breadbasket - a basket for serving bread basket, handbasket - a container that is usually woven and has handles

Translations

breadbasket [ˈbredˌbɑːskɪt] N

1. (= container) → cesto m para el pan

2. (fig) (= country, area) → granero m

3. (= stomach) → panza f, tripa f (Sp)

breadbasket [ˈbrɛdˌbɑːskɪt] n → cestino per il pane