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breadbasket
[bred-bas-kit, -bah-skit]
breadbasket
/ ˈɛˌɑːɪ /
noun
a basket for carrying bread or rolls
a slang word for stomach
Word History and Origins
Origin of breadbasket1
Example Sentences
Rising temperatures, shifting precipitation, and emerging diseases are among the mélange of climate impacts changing what's grown in breadbaskets around the world.
Until then, he said, “the raids sent shock waves through the entire Central Valley,” the breadbasket of California and of the entire country.
But the more eggs you place in fewer breadbaskets, the greater the risks.
The village is in a farming region that was once the breadbasket of Sudan, but is now a vast battleground.
Fields have become battlegrounds in the country’s breadbasket.
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