Boston brown bread

noun

A type of dark, slightly sweet steamed bread, usually sweetened with molasses, popular in New England.

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Meanings

nounBoston brown bread (countable and uncountable, plural Boston brown breads)

plural Boston brown breads

  1. countableuncountablecookingA type of dark, slightly sweet steamed bread, usually sweetened with molasses, popular in New England.

Synonyms & antonyms

noundark steamed bread made of cornmeal wheat and flour with molasses and soda and milk or water

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brown bread
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brown bread

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

Boston brown bread. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Boston%20brown%20bread

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Boston brown bread,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Boston%20brown%20bread.

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