bread basket
noun
(alsobreadbasket)uk/ˈbred ˌbɑː.skɪt/us/ˈbred ˌbæs.kɪt/bread basketnoun(CONTAINER)
[C]
anopencontainerin whichbreadis put on atableduring ameal:
面包篮Thewaiterimmediatelybroughtus abreadbasketand somebutter.
Iboughtabeautifulnewbamboobreadbasket.
Preserving & storing food
- beeswax wrap
- bin
- biscuit tin
- bread bin
- brine
- deep freeze
- defrost
- flash-freeze
- foil
- food technology
- pasteurized
- pickle
- pickled
- pickling
- plastic wrap
- tinfoil
- tinned
- tub
- Tupperware
- vacuum-packed
bread basketnoun(FARMING)
[S]
alargefarmingareathatprovidesotherareaswithfood,especiallycerealsthat are used to makeflour:
TheEasternProvince is the country'sbreadbasket.东部省是这个国家的“粮仓”。
Iraq used to bethebreadbasketoftheMiddleEast.
Fertile or infertile land
- barrenness
- cultivable
- denude
- exuberance
- exuberant
- fertile
- fertility
- hospitable
- hostile
- luscious
- lush
- lushly
- lushness
- luxuriant
- majolica
- marginal land
- sterile
- uncultivated
- unfruitful
- verdant
bread basketnoun(STOMACH)
[C]informal
thestomach:
He took asuckerpunchto thebreadbasketand keeled over.
Thegoaliewashitrightin the breadbasket.
The human torso
- -bellied
- -chested
- abs
- axilla
- breast
- coeliac
- crotch
- diaphragm
- flank
- glute
- groin
- pot
- shoulder
- six-pack
- solar plexus
- spare tyre
- thorax
- umbilicus
- visceral muscle
- waisted