brown bread

noun

1. any bread made of flour darker in color than bolted wheat flour, especially graham or whole wheat bread.
2. Boston brown bread.

Word History and Origins

Origin of brown bread¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

They are the bête noire of many nutritionists - mass-produced yet moreish foods like chicken nuggets, packaged snacks, fizzy drinks, ice cream or even sliced brown bread.

From BBC

The announcement of the flavor mentions several more outlandish Georgian flavours trialled by English Heritage before it landed on brown bread, such as Parmesan and cucumber.

From Salon

From sliced brown bread to ready meals and ice cream, it is a group of foods made with varying - but often substantial - levels of industrial processing.

From BBC

These include public education and health services, school feeding schemes and the tax exemption of staple foods such as brown bread and rice.

From Salon

For the first year of the Leningrad blockade, Yekaterina lived on not much more than a daily ration of soup made with boiled water and four slices of brown bread.

From Literature