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sweetbread

noun
/ˈswiːtbɹɛd/UK/ˈswitˌbɹɛd/US

Etymology

Apparently from sweet + bread, though the reason is not immediately evident. Possibly connected with Dutch zwezerik, whose etymology is also unclear.

  1. derived from *bʰera-✻ — “to split, beat, hew, struggle”
  2. inherited from *braudaz✻
  3. derived from *bʰrewh₁-✻ — “to boil; to brew”
  4. inherited from *braudą✻ — “bread”
  5. inherited from *braud✻
  6. inherited from brēad — “fragment, bit, morsel, crumb", also "bread”
  7. inherited from bred
  8. compounded as sweetbread — “sweet + bread”

Definitions

  1. The pancreas or thymus gland of an animal, especially a lamb or calf, as food.

    • The pancreas of an animal when cooked for consumption is known as a sweetbread.

  2. Any of various other glands used as food, including the parotid gland, sublingual glands,…

    Any of various other glands used as food, including the parotid gland, sublingual glands, ovaries, and testicles.

  3. A sweetened type of bread.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA