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breadbasket
(encz) | breadbasket,obilnice n: Zdeněk Brož |
breadbasket
(gcide) | Granary \Gran"a*ry\, n.; pl. Granaries. [L. granarium, fr.
granum grain. See Garner.]
1. A storehouse or repository for grain, esp. after it is
thrashed or husked; a cornhouse.
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2. Hence: (Fig.), A region fertile in grain; in this sense,
equivalent to breadbasket, used figuratively; as,
Ukraine, the granary of the Soviet Union.
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The exhaustless granary of a world. --Thomson.
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Breadbasket
(gcide) | Breadbasket \Bread"bas`ket\, n.
The stomach. [Humorous] --S. Foote.
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breadbasket
(wn) | breadbasket
n 1: a geographic region serving as the principal source of
grain
2: an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary
canal; the principal organ of digestion [syn: stomach,
tummy, tum, breadbasket]
3: a basket for serving bread |
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Breadbasket
(gcide) | Granary \Gran"a*ry\, n.; pl. Granaries. [L. granarium, fr.
granum grain. See Garner.]
1. A storehouse or repository for grain, esp. after it is
thrashed or husked; a cornhouse.
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2. Hence: (Fig.), A region fertile in grain; in this sense,
equivalent to breadbasket, used figuratively; as,
Ukraine, the granary of the Soviet Union.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
The exhaustless granary of a world. --Thomson.
[1913 Webster]Breadbasket \Bread"bas`ket\, n.
The stomach. [Humorous] --S. Foote.
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