bread basketnoun
uk/ˈbred ˌbɑː.skɪt/us/ˈbred ˌbæs.kɪt/bread basket noun (CONTAINER)
[ C ] an open container in which bread is put on a table during a meal
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Preserving & storing food
- bin
- bread bin
- brine
- caddy
- candied
- dried
- foil
- food technology
- freeze
- freeze-dry
- frozen
- glacé
- lunchbox
- preserve
- reconstitute
- refrigerate
- saltpetre
- souse
- soused
- vacuum-packed
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bread basket noun (FARMING)
[ S ] a large farming area that provides other areas with food:
The Eastern Province is the country's bread basket.
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Fertile or infertile land
- barren
- cultivable
- denude
- exuberant
- fallow
- fertile
- fertility
- granary
- hospitable
- hostile
- infertile
- luscious
- lush
- luxuriant
- marginal land
- overgrown
- rank
- rich
- sterile
- verdant