Breadbasket

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Breadbasket \Bread"bas`ket\, n.
     The stomach. [Humorous] --S. Foote.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]
       3: a basket for serving bread