sweetbread
pronunciation
How to pronounce sweetbread in British English:
UK [ˈswi:tbred]
How to pronounce sweetbread in American English:
US [ˈswitˌbrɛd]
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- Noun:
- edible glands of an animal
Word Origin
- sweetbread
- sweetbread: see pancreas
- sweetbread (n.)
- "pancreas of an animal used as food" 1560s, from sweet (adj.); the -bread element may be from Old English bræd "flesh."