Definition of Sweetbread

1. Noun. Edible glands of an animal.

Exact synonyms: Sweetbreads
Generic synonyms: Organs, Variety Meat

Definition of Sweetbread

1. n. Either the thymus gland or the pancreas, the former being called neck, or throat, sweetbread, the latter belly sweetbread. The sweetbreads of ruminants, esp. of the calf, are highly esteemed as food. See Pancreas, and Thymus.

Definition of Sweetbread

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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sweetbread

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweetbread

sweet talker
sweet tooth
sweet tooths
sweet unicorn plant
sweet vermouth
sweet vetch
sweet violet
sweet wattle
sweet white violet
sweet williams
sweet woodruff
sweet wormwood
sweet young thing
sweetbox
sweetbread (current term)
sweetbreads
sweetbriar
sweetbriars
sweetbrier
sweetbriers
sweetcheeks
sweetcorn
sweetcorns
sweetcure
sweete
sweeted
sweeten
sweeten the pot
sweeten up

Literary usage of Sweetbread

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Boston Cooking-school Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1896)
"Creamed sweetbread. Parboil a sweetbread, and cut in one-half inch cubes, ... Creamed sweetbread and Chicken. Reheat equal parts of cold cooked chicken, ..."

2. The Boston Cooking-school Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1911)
"Creamed sweetbread Parboil a sweetbread, and cut in one-half inch cubes, ... Creamed sweetbread may be served on toast, or used as filling for patty cases ..."

3. German Cookery for the English Kitchen by Ella Oswald (1906)
"(BOILED CALVES' sweetbread.) For 6 persons reckon \yz Ib. sweetbreads and ^ pint sauce. ... For 6 Persons. Time of Preparation : i hour. \\ Ib. sweetbread. ..."

4. The Boston Cooking-school Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1896)
"Creamed sweetbread. Parboil a sweetbread, and cut in one-half inch cubes, ... Creamed sweetbread and Chicken. Reheat equal parts of cold cooked chicken, ..."

5. The Boston Cooking-school Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1911)
"Creamed sweetbread Parboil a sweetbread, and cut in one-half inch cubes, ... Creamed sweetbread may be served on toast, or used as filling for patty cases ..."

6. German Cookery for the English Kitchen by Ella Oswald (1906)
"(BOILED CALVES' sweetbread.) For 6 persons reckon \yz Ib. sweetbreads and ^ pint sauce. ... For 6 Persons. Time of Preparation : i hour. \\ Ib. sweetbread. ..."

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