banana bread

noun

plural banana breads

: a quick bread made with mashed ripe bananas mixed into the batter

Banana bread is the unsung hero of cutting back on kitchen waste. What other decadent treat could you make that uses up all your nearly-expired breakfast fruit?

—Kaitlyn McInnis

A lot of us are moving from one "comfort food" meal to the next (think of all the lasagnas and banana breads on Instagram).

—Michael J. Breus

Examples of banana bread in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This moist and fluffy banana bread can be made a couple days ahead. —Bev Barrett, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025

Just keep in mind: this trick only works in baked goods like cookies or banana bread. —Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025

Get the recipe for Betty White's banana bread What Makes This Banana Bread Special? —Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2025

Get The Recipe 30 of 30 Banana Bread Cobbler Create this banana bread cobbler with only six ingredients. —Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for banana bread

• abed
• ahead
• beachhead
• bedspread
• bedstead
• behead
• blackhead
• blockhead
• bloodshed
• bowhead
• breastfed
• bridgehead