breadbasket

noun

ˈbred-ˌba-skət How to pronounce breadbasket (audio)
Definition of breadbasketnext
slang
as in stomach
the part of the body between the chest and the pelvis got hit right in the breadbasket

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Recent Examples of breadbasket The dryness is expected to persist through spring after weeks of scant rainfall and a late-winter heat spell that fueled massive pasture fires across the nation’s breadbasket. — Lauren Rosenthal, Fortune, 25 Apr. 2026 The arid Persian Gulf is hardly the world’s breadbasket. — Agnieszka De Sousa, Bloomberg, 24 Apr. 2026 At the same time, violence continues to escalate in the Artibonite region, considered the country’s breadbasket. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026 Whether your family celebrates Easter with a festive brunch or dinner meal, there’s always room for a breadbasket. — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for breadbasket
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  1. stomach
  2. abdomen
  3. belly
Noun
  • However, as surveillance footage was being reviewed, video from June 2026 showed Cantrell with a larger stomach, police said.
    — Briauna Brown, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Detectives obtained video footage of Cantrell from a few months prior, and her stomach area appeared larger, the affidavit states.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of stomach
Noun
  • The arachnid’s abdomen is made up of neon green cat-eye gel that looks like an eyeball.
    — Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The 68-year-old gunman shot the woman in the abdomen in her ninth-floor apartment on Third Ave.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of abdomen
Noun
  • Then Kip caught himself and, by way of saying thanks, rubbed his belly, smiled big, gave me the finger.
    — George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Asked what was going on in his head during those hours in the belly of the beast, though, Abrams demures.
    — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of belly

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