sweetbread

noun

sweet·​bread ˈswēt-ˌbred 

: the thymus or pancreas of a young animal (such as a calf) used for food

Examples of sweetbread in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The menu changes with the seasons but previous bites have included Yakama sturgeon with celeriac and arugula, Alaskan pink singing scallop en papillote, and sweetbread with leeks and yellow foot mushrooms. —Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2025

Tastes for offal such as tripe, blood, sweetbreads, bone marrow, oxtail, heart and liver vary from person to person, though countries outside the U.S. find far more use for it in their regular cuisines. —Miguel Otárola, The Denver Post, 28 Jan. 2025

Its heat caresses a skewer of marshmallow-tender veal sweetbreads shining beneath a lip-sticky demi-glace. —Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2024

To honor the deceased, foods such as sugar skulls, sweetbread rolls and beverages are arranged on ofrendas, or house altars, along with clay ornaments and sentimental objects. —Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 1 Nov. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1565, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sweetbread

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

Kids Definition

sweetbread

noun

sweet·​bread ˈswēt-ˌbred 

: the thymus or pancreas of a young animal (as a calf) used as food