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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

breadwich

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
bread-wich
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of sandwich using a baked mixture of cheese and pickles or zucchini instead of bread.

Informal

Etymology

Formed by rebracketing. The bread substitute was called "zucchini bread" or "pickle bread"; this was then blended with the word sandwich; then the result (e.g. "zucchini breadwich") was reanalysed as a "breadwich" of the zucchini kind. Compare burger from hamburger.

Usage

Inflected Forms

breadwiches (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

naanwich picklewich

Questions

What does breadwich mean?
A kind of sandwich using a baked mixture of cheese and pickles or zucchini instead of bread.
Where does breadwich come from?
Formed by rebracketing. The bread substitute was called "zucchini bread" or "pickle bread"; this was then blended with the word sandwich; then the result (e.g. "zucchini breadwich") was reanalysed as a "breadwich" of the zucchini kind. Compare burger from hamburger.

How to pronounce breadwich

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