white bread

¹

noun

1. any white or light-colored bread made from finely ground, usually bleached, flour.

white-bread

²

[ hwahyt-bred, wahyt- ]

adjective

, Informal.

1. pertaining to or characteristic of the white middle class; bourgeois:

   a typical white-bread suburban neighborhood.

2. bland; conventional.

Word History and Origins

Origin of white bread¹

First recorded in 1300–50

Origin of white bread²

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

High glycemic index carbohydrates include white rice, white bread, crackers and baked goods.

From Salon

It was one of the best-selling white breads in the 1970s and 80s but the batch plant in Glasgow which makes Scottish Plain is now the last in the UK.

From BBC

A PB&J sandwich is always pretty perfect on a plain slice of white bread.

From Salon

This is true of many freshly cooked starchy foods, particularly those low in fibre or made from finely milled flours — such as white bread or potatoes.

From Salon

The glycemic index shows that the sugars in oatmeal and porridge are absorbed at about two-thirds the rate of sugar from white bread.

From Salon

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