Definitions for breadbasket

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breadbasket bread·bas·ket

Spelling: [bred-bas-kit, -bah-skit]

IPA: /ˈbrɛdˌbæs kɪt, -ˌbɑ skɪt/

Breadbasket is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 649 anagrams from letters in breadbasket (aabbdeekrst).

Definitions for breadbasket

noun

1. a basket or similar container for bread or rolls.
2. an agricultural area that provides large amounts of food, especially grain, to other areas.
3. Slang. a person's stomach or abdomen.

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a geographical breadbasket:

Origin of breadbasket

First recorded in 1545-55; bread + basket

Examples for breadbasket

Shifting weather patterns may turn the American “breadbasket” into a dustbowl.

The oldster before mentioned put his hand into the breadbasket, and seized a handful of the biscuit.

Indeed, there were occasions when the breadbasket was removed from my table, so savage was the raid I made upon it.

A general chirp of conversation is presently established, interspersed with heavy demands upon the breadbasket by the gentlemen.

Think of it as sort of the breadbasket of America, lush with fruits and grains.

"I hope, breadbasket, that your master will send me my things at any rate," cries Jemmy.