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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SWEETBREAD

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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PRONUNCIATION OF SWEETBREAD

sweetbread  [ˈswiːtˌbrɛd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SWEETBREAD

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Sweetbread is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SWEETBREAD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

sweetbread

Sweetbread

Sweetbreads or ris are culinary names for the thymus or the pancreas, especially of the calf and lamb, and less commonly of beef and pork. Various other glands used as food may also be called "sweetbreads," including the parotid gland, the sublingual glands, and testicles. The "heart" sweetbreads are more spherical in shape, and surrounded symmetrically by the "throat" sweetbreads, which are more cylindrical in shape. One common preparation of sweetbreads involves soaking in salt water, then poaching in milk, after which the outer membrane is removed. Once dried and chilled, they are often breaded and fried. They are also used for stuffing or in pâtés. They are grilled in many Latin American cuisines, such as in the Argentine asado, and served in bread in Turkish cuisine. The word "sweetbread" is first attested in the 16th century, but the etymology of the name is unclear. "Sweet" is perhaps used since the thymus is sweet and rich-tasting, as opposed to savory-tasting muscle flesh. "Bread" may come from brede, "roasted meat" or from the Old English brǣd.

Definition of sweetbread in the English dictionary

The definition of sweetbread in the dictionary is the pancreas or the thymus gland of an animal, used for food.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SWEETBREAD


beebread
ˈbiːˌbrɛd
captive-bred
ˈkæptɪvˌbrɛd
clapbread
ˈklæpˌbrɛd
crispbread
ˈkrɪspˌbrɛd
crossbred
ˈkrɒsˌbrɛd
flatbread
ˈflætˌbrɛd
frybread
ˈfraɪˌbrɛd
gingerbread
ˈdʒɪndʒəˌbrɛd
highbred
ˈhaɪˌbrɛd
homebred
ˈhəʊmˌbrɛd
incrossbred
ˌɪnˈkrɒsˌbrɛd
linebred
ˈlaɪnˌbrɛd
saddlebred
ˈsædəlˌbrɛd
shewbread
ˈʃəʊˌbrɛd
shortbread
ˈʃɔːtˌbrɛd
showbread
ˈʃəʊˌbrɛd
sowbread
ˈsaʊˌbrɛd
teabread
ˈtiːˌbrɛd
thoroughbred
ˈθʌrəˌbrɛd
Whitbread
ˈwɪtˌbrɛd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SWEETBREAD

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sweetheart agreement
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WORDS THAT END LIKE SWEETBREAD

black bread
bread
break bread
brown bread
corn bread
French bread
garlic bread
Indian bread
leavened bread
monkey bread
nan bread
pita bread
pitta bread
raisin bread
read
rye bread
sliced bread
soda bread
take the gilt off the gingerbread
to be the best thing since sliced bread
white bread

Synonyms and antonyms of sweetbread in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sweetbread» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SWEETBREAD

Find out the translation of sweetbread to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sweetbread from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sweetbread» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

杂碎
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mollejas
570 millions of speakers

English

sweetbread
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sweetbread
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سويتبريد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Зобная железа
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Pâncreas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মিষ্টি রুটি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ris de veau
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

roti manis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bries
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

胸腺
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sweetbread
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sweetbread
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sweetbread
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இனிப்பு ரொட்டி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गोडब्रेड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tatlı ekmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

animelle
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nerkówka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зобна заліза
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pancreasului
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γλυκάδια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

zwezerik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kalvbräss
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sweetbread
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sweetbread

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SWEETBREAD»

The term «sweetbread» is regularly used and occupies the 61.528 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SWEETBREAD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sweetbread

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWEETBREAD»

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A Guide to Modern Cookery
... Villeroy, 407 1220 Sweetbread, Chartreuse of, 408 1221 Sweetbread, Bonne- Marnan, 409 1222 Sweetbread, crépinettes of, 409 1223 Sweetbread, Cévenole, 409 1224 Sweetbread, Demidofl', 409 1225 Sweetbread,'collops of, Bérangere, ...
Auguste Escoffier, 2013
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The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book
Creamed Sweetbread. Parboil a sweetbread, and cut in one-half inch cubes, or separate in small pieces. Reheat in one cup White Sauce II. Creamed Sweetbread may be served on toast, or used as filling for patty cases or Swedish Timbales.
Fannie Merritt Farmer, 2010
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What the Slaves Ate: Recollections of African American Foods ...
Mariah Snyder (TX) underscored how, as a slave, she thought sweetbreads were a delicacy: “We rode our 'horse' from one house to another looking for sweetbread.” She then added, “We do anything for some sweetbread.” Tyree's 1879 ...
Herbert C. Covey, Dwight Eisnach, 2009
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Cupboard Love 2: A Dictionary of Culinary Curiosities
sweetbread - sweller ing sweet and pronounced something like swad. Swad evolved quite differently as it entered each of the various branches of the Indo- European family tree. In Greek, for example, it evolved into the word hedone, meaning ...
Mark Morton, 2004
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The Cooks 200 Genuine Italian Recipes
Bodini Marinati Ingredients: Veal forcemeat, truffles, sweetbread, mushrooms, herbs, flour, pasta marinate, tongue, butter. Make a mixture of truffles, tongue, sweetbread, mushrooms, and herbs, all chopped up, and add it to a forcemeat of veal, ...
Paul Cresswell, 2009
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Delicious Italian Recipes:
BodiniMarinati Ingredients: Veal forcemeat, truffles, sweetbread, mushrooms, herbs, flour, pasta marinate, tongue, butter. Make a mixture of truffles, tongue, sweetbread, mushrooms, and herbs, all chopped up, and add it to a forcemeat of veal, ...
Mrs. W. G. Water
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Delicious Italian Recipes:
BodiniMarinati Ingredients: Veal forcemeat, truffles, sweetbread, mushrooms, herbs, flour, pasta marinate, tongue, butter. Make a mixture of truffles, tongue, sweetbread, mushrooms, and herbs, all chopped up, and add it to a forcemeat of veal, ...
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Tasty Italian Dishes: Delicious Ways To Cook Classic Italian ...
Bodini Marinati Ingredients: Veal forcemeat, truffles, sweetbread, mushrooms, herbs, flour, pasta marinate, tongue, butter. Make a mixture of truffles, tongue, sweetbread, mushrooms, and herbs, all chopped up, and add it to a forcemeat of veal, ...
Teresa Cardinale
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Walnut Pickles and Watermelon Cake: A Century of Michigan ...
Sweetbread. Salad. Parboil and put into cold water for fifteen minutes; change to more cold water for five minutes longer; wipe perfectly dry, lay them in a dripping- pan and roast basting with butter and water until they begin to brown; then ...
Larry B. Massie, Priscilla Massie, 1998
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200 Salad Recipes and 30 Recipes for Dressings and Sauces
Take cold slices of cooked sweetbread which have been dipped in flour, and fried. Shred a head of lettuce, and place it in the center of the dish. Cover with cream dressing, dip sweetbreads in mayonnaise, and heap them in the center. Garnish ...
Philip Martin McCaulay, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SWEETBREAD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sweetbread is used in the context of the following news items.
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Taste this ASAP: Sweetbread ravioli at Paradiso Restaurant & Wine …
Hours later, though, the sweetbread ravioli among Paradiso's five pasta offerings livens up some already-live dinner offerings. Seven squares encasing ... «PW-Philadelphia Weekly, Jul 15»
2
Sweet Bread Tacos and Mezcal Gin at Calavera
By far the best of the tacos were the mollejas con pitaya (fried, masa-crusted sweetbreads, dragonfruit, and pickled fresno peppers), although that's not intended ... «SF Weekly, Jul 15»
3
What Exactly Are Sweetbreads, Anyway? A Guide For Anyone Who …
raw sweetbread Photo credit: Rick Lew via Getty Images. There's no food more poorly named than sweetbreads. It's not that the allure of the name (who doesn't ... «Huffington Post, Jan 15»
4
Sweetbreads Nuggets from Bink's Midtown Make Offal Approachable
What's not to love about sweetbreads? They're creamy, rich and have such an innocent sounding name! And when they're done as well as they are at Bink's ... «Phoenix New Times, Jun 14»
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What Are Sweetbreads?
Sweetbreads produced from the thymus are classified as either heart sweetbreads or throat sweetbreads, which differ by their shape and what part of the thymus ... «LiveScience.com, May 14»
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The Best Thing I Ate This Week: Sweetbread Po' Boys, Crispy Fish …
Sweetbreads in the States are almost always served fried—not that there's anything wrong with that; it'd just be nice to see more chefs take advantage of their ... «Washingtonian.com, Apr 14»
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Get Baked! Making Portuguese sweetbread with Kona Historical …
While Portuguese sweetbread, mass produced by commercial bakeries, is found everywhere in Hawai'i, hive-type stone ovens like the one at the Kona ... «Hawaiimagazine.com, Feb 14»
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Get Your Sweetbread and Duck Confit Tacos at Taco Bamba Today
Albisu's more off-beat creations include sweetbreads and shrimp with salsa verde ($5); duck confit and crispy skin with peppers and a chipotle crema ($8); and ... «Washington City Paper, Jun 13»
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Recipe: duck and sweetbread stew with morels
At my first dinner there I had an exquisite crayfish and tomato jelly followed by a duck and sweetbread stew. The portion was manly – and came with a rich ... «Financial Times, May 13»
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Liman Uykuluk: Sweetbreads for the People
And when Istanbulites hanker for grilled sweetbreads, or uykuluk, the only suitable place to go is Sütlüce, down where the slaughterhouses used to operate on ... «Culinary Backstreets, Apr 13»

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