sweetbread

sweet·bread

the thymus (heart sweetbread or throat sweetbread) or sometimes the pancreas (stomach sweetbread) of a calf, lamb, etc., when used as food: usually used in pl.

Origin of sweetbread

Early Modern English from sweet + bread, in Old English sense, morsel

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sweetbread

noun

The thymus gland or pancreas of a young animal, especially a calf or lamb, used for food.

Origin of sweetbread

Early Modern English sweet ( from its sweet delicate flavor ) possibly Middle English brede roast meat ( from Old English brǣde ; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots.)

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