breadbasket
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Utensils, Agriculturebreadbasketbread‧bas‧ket /ˈbredˌbɑːskɪt $ -ˌbæ-/ noun 1 [countable]DFU a basket in which you keep or serve bread2 [singular]TA the part of a country or area that provides most of its food Zambia could be the breadbasket of Africa.Examples from the Corpusbreadbasket• Traditionally the province has functioned as the country's breadbasket.