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
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Mike Friedman really wants diners to try his sweetbreads at the new Aventino in Bethesda.
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Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
Look for rabbit with pancetta, pan- roasted foie gras, shrimp brulee, cobia with West Indian pumpkin or sweetbreads.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2024
Richardson uses ube to make pound cake, cookies, cheesecake, sweetbreads and sapin pies, but I’m currently captivated by the ube blondie pie.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
Paramount In the 1930s, Paramount’s glamorous Café Continental offered elaborate dishes like sweetbreads, Weiner schnitzel and jumbo southern prawns Newberg en casserole.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 16 Oct. 2023
Savoy Grill Offering a luxurious menu featuring caviar, sweetbreads and a duck liver parfait, Savoy Grill in the Savoy Hotel in London offers a la carte options that are perfect for snacking.
—Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2023
The secret to cooking the perfect steak A multi-step meal that can last several hours, entrees include choripan, morcilla (blood sausage) and provoleta before moving onto organ meats such as mollejas (beef sweetbreads), chinchulines (chitterlings) and rinones (kidneys).
—Sorrel Moseley-Williams, CNN, 5 Mar. 2023
Shortbread is a thick cookie, and a sweetbread is not sweet and not bread.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2021
On the menu: steak tartare, veal sweetbreads, fillets of bass and a lively cocktail list.
—Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2020
Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
Look for rabbit with pancetta, pan- roasted foie gras, shrimp brulee, cobia with West Indian pumpkin or sweetbreads.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2024
Richardson uses ube to make pound cake, cookies, cheesecake, sweetbreads and sapin pies, but I’m currently captivated by the ube blondie pie.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2023
Paramount In the 1930s, Paramount’s glamorous Café Continental offered elaborate dishes like sweetbreads, Weiner schnitzel and jumbo southern prawns Newberg en casserole.
—Pat Saperstein, Variety, 16 Oct. 2023
Savoy Grill Offering a luxurious menu featuring caviar, sweetbreads and a duck liver parfait, Savoy Grill in the Savoy Hotel in London offers a la carte options that are perfect for snacking.
—Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2023
The secret to cooking the perfect steak A multi-step meal that can last several hours, entrees include choripan, morcilla (blood sausage) and provoleta before moving onto organ meats such as mollejas (beef sweetbreads), chinchulines (chitterlings) and rinones (kidneys).
—Sorrel Moseley-Williams, CNN, 5 Mar. 2023
Shortbread is a thick cookie, and a sweetbread is not sweet and not bread.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 June 2021
On the menu: steak tartare, veal sweetbreads, fillets of bass and a lively cocktail list.
—Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2020
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1565, in the meaning defined above
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sweetbread
noun
sweet·bread
ˈswēt-ˌbred
: the thymus or pancreas of a young animal (as a calf) used as food
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