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sweet·bread (sw

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The thymus gland or pancreas of a young animal, especially a calf or lamb, used for food.

sweetbread [ˈswiːtˌbrɛd]

(Cookery) the pancreas (stomach sweetbread) or the thymus gland (neck or throat sweetbread) of an animal, used for food

[sweet + bread, perhaps from Old English brǣd meat; related to Old Saxon brādo ham, Old High German brāt, Old Norse brāth]

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Noun

sweetbread - edible glands of an animal

sweetbreads

organs, variety meat - edible viscera of a butchered animal

Translations

sweetbread [ˈswiːtbrɛd] n → ris m de veau
sweet chestnut n → châtaigne f

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