Noun: breadbasket 'bred,bãs-kit
- A basket for serving bread
"The waiter brought a breadbasket to the table"
- A geographic region serving as the principal source of grain
"The Midwest is often called America's breadbasket"
- [informal] Muscular organ of digestion between the oesophagus and small intestine
"He rubbed his breadbasket after eating the large meal";
- stomach, tummy [informal], tum [informal]
Derived forms: breadbaskets
Type of: basket, handbasket, internal organ, region, viscus
Part of: alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tract, digestive tube, gastrointestinal tract, GI tract
Encyclopedia: Breadbasket