Dictionary

breadbox en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈbɹɛd.bɑks/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈbɹɛd.bɒks/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• bäks (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-der.? Proto-Germanic *braudą Proto-West Germanic *braud Old English brēad Middle English bred English bread English box English breadbox From bread + box.

Meanings

1. A container for storing bread and other baked goods to keep them fresh.
2. (slang) A Commodore 64 computer.
   • That's why he gave him a Commodore 64 in 1983. […] Nick […] had converted his cupboards so that the shelf in which the bread box was located could be pulled out a little. So the head was nicely in line with the TV. 2020, Holger Weßling, Impossible Mission I & II - The Official Guide:
   • We had a computer at school, a Commodore 64. The thing had hardly any memory, not even one thousandth of an mp3-player kids use nowadays. To load a game you had to insert a cassette which transmitted a code by means of an endless series of beeps to a brown case we called "the bread box". 2010, Barry Voeten, Colourcash, page 14:

Forms

Synonyms

bread bin

Translations (32)

az çörəkqabı (a container for storing bread) · de Brotkasten (a container for storing bread) · sh kutija za hljeb (a container for storing bread) · uk хлібниця (a container for storing bread) · el ψωμιέρα (a container for storing bread) · la pānārium (a container for storing bread) · mr ब्रेडबॉक्स (a container for storing bread) · cmn 麵包盒 /面包盒 (a container for storing bread) · mk лебарник (a container for storing bread) · tr ekmeklik (a container for storing bread) · nl broodtrommel (a container for storing bread) · ko 빵 저장통 (a container for storing bread) · sh hljebarnik (a container for storing bread) · ru хле́бница (a container for storing bread) · fi leipälaatikko (a container for storing bread) · ga cófra aráin (a container for storing bread) · ja ブレッドボックス (a container for storing bread) · grc ἀρτοθήκη (a container for storing bread) · et leivakarp (a container for storing bread) · ko 빵 상자 (a container for storing bread) · sv brödlåda (a container for storing bread) · fa جانونی (a container for storing bread) · ja パンケース (a container for storing bread) · eo panskatolo (a container for storing bread) · es panera (a container for storing bread) · sh hlebarnik (a container for storing bread) · pl chlebak (a container for storing bread) · sk skrinka na chlieb (a container for storing bread) · cs chlebník (a container for storing bread) · fa تبنگو (a container for storing bread) · fr panetière (a container for storing bread) · mn талхны сав (a container for storing bread)