1
: bread made of whole wheat flour
2
: a dark brown steamed bread made usually of cornmeal, white or whole wheat flours, molasses, soda, and milk or water
Examples of brown bread in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The Scottish salmon sandwich contains salmon, lemon butter and brown bread.
—
Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
Serve with plenty of brown bread to mop up all that luscious sauce.
—Saveur Editors, Saveur, 15 Apr. 2026
Smoked Arctic char from neighboring Labrador came next, layered on thick slices of brown bread and sprinkled with citrusy larch shoots.
—Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
Traditional Irish Breakfast: two eggs, Irish bacon, bangers (sausage), black and white pudding (blood sausages), tomatoes, mushroom, beans, hash brown and brown bread.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for brown bread
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
Serve with plenty of brown bread to mop up all that luscious sauce.
—Saveur Editors, Saveur, 15 Apr. 2026
Smoked Arctic char from neighboring Labrador came next, layered on thick slices of brown bread and sprinkled with citrusy larch shoots.
—Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
Traditional Irish Breakfast: two eggs, Irish bacon, bangers (sausage), black and white pudding (blood sausages), tomatoes, mushroom, beans, hash brown and brown bread.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for brown bread
Cite this Entry
“Brown bread.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brown%20bread. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
