breadbasket
IPA: brˈɛdbæskʌt
noun
- A basket used for storing or carrying bread.
- (agriculture) A region which has favourable conditions to produce a large quantity of grain or, by extension, other food products; a food bowl.
- (humorous) The abdomen or stomach, especially as a vulnerable part of the body in an attack.
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Examples of "breadbasket" in Sentences
- The municipality is the breadbasket of Vaud.
- It can be considered the state's breadbasket.
- Food Rationing Confronts Breadbasket of the World.
- For example, Poland could be the breadbasket of Europe.
- Mokolo is known as the breadbasket of the Mandara Mountains.
- The country as a whole was once called Europe's breadbasket.
- Later on Egypt was considered the breadbasket of the Roman Empire.
- Around the 1970s, Alentejo was considered the breadbasket of Portugal.
- The Punjab region is considered the breadbasket of India and Pakistan.
- During the Viceroyalty, the area was known as the breadbasket of the country.
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