Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

breadbox

/ˈbɹɛd.bɑks/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.46 in modern English

Syllables: bread-box
IPA: /ˈbɹɛd.bɑks/

20

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A container for storing bread and other baked goods to keep them fresh.

noun

A Commodore 64 computer.

Slang

Example Sentences

"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"."
"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."

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.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈbɹɛd.bɑks/
British English: /ˈbɹɛd.bɒks/

Usage

Slang

Inflected Forms

breadboxes (plural) bread box (alternative) bread-box (alternative)

Synonyms

bread bin bread-bin

Rhymes With

box out of the box fox blocks rocks stocks socks swift fox cox sox knocks docks

Questions

How do you pronounce breadbox?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɹɛd.bɑks/.
What does breadbox mean?: A container for storing bread and other baked goods to keep them fresh.
Where does breadbox come from?: 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.

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