BREADBASKET Definition & Meaning

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breadbasket

[ bred-bas-kit, -bah-skit ]

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noun

a basket or similar container for bread or rolls.
an agricultural area that provides large amounts of food, especially grain, to other areas.
Slang. a person's stomach or abdomen.

adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of a geographical breadbasket:
Iowa is a breadbasket state.

breadbasket

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noun

a basket for carrying bread or rolls
a slang word for stomach

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Origin of breadbasket¹

First recorded in 1545–55; bread + basket

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Rising temperatures, shifting precipitation, and emerging diseases are among the mélange of climate impacts changing what's grown in breadbaskets around the world.

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Until then, he said, “the raids sent shock waves through the entire Central Valley,” the breadbasket of California and of the entire country.

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But the more eggs you place in fewer breadbaskets, the greater the risks.

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The village is in a farming region that was once the breadbasket of Sudan, but is now a vast battleground.

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Fields have become battlegrounds in the country’s breadbasket.

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