slang
as in stomach
the part of the body between the chest and the pelvis got hit right in the breadbasket

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Recent Examples of breadbasket However, the war has transformed the continent’s breadbasket into potentially the world’s worst famine for 40 years, with 50% of Sudan’s population requiring humanitarian aid. Charlie Campbell / Dubai, TIME, 29 Nov. 2024 The city battles toxic air every winter, and authorities say much of the smoke comes from farmers illegally burning paddy stubble to clear their fields in the neighboring breadbasket states of Punjab and Haryana. Reuters, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2024 Gang members brandishing automatic rifles stormed through a town in Haiti’s main breadbasket region, killing at least 70 and forcing over 6,000 to flee, causing widespread shock even in a country grown accustomed to outbreaks of violence. Reuters, NBC News, 5 Oct. 2024 Call for assistance Pont-Sonde is a major rice producer located in Haiti's breadbasket Artibonite region, built around a bridge and important crossing connecting the capital to the north. Harold Isaac and Sarah Morland, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for breadbasket 
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Noun
  • She was fitted with a stoma in her stomach, which provides an external way for waste to leave the body, where it’s collected in an ostomy bag.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025
  • The rescuers put tow straps under her stomach and front legs, officers said.
    Paloma Chavez, Sacramento Bee, 10 Feb. 2025
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  • The other victim, a 17-year-old who was shot in his right abdomen, was taken also to St. Barnabas in stable condition.
    Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Wear Loose-Fitting Clothes Endometriosis can cause bloating, which is when your abdomen increases in size, and distension, which is a feeling of uncomfortable fullness in your abdomen.23 A lot of people with endometriosis refer to this as endo belly.
    Sarah Bence, Health, 28 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Last month, Daniel White lifted up his red jail uniform to show a small node of medication the size of a walnut that protruded from his belly.
    Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2025
  • These fish also love weedy areas, which can be a challenge to fish with a plug that has two or three treble hooks hanging off the belly.
    Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 5 Feb. 2025

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“Breadbasket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breadbasket. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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