Meanings
plural breadboxes · alternative bread box · alternative bread-box
- A container for storing bread and other baked goods to keep them fresh.
Synonyms: bread bin
- slangcomputingA Commodore 64 computer.
That's why he gave him a Commodore 64 in 1983. […] Nick […] had converted his cupboards so that the shelf in which the bread box was located could be pulled out a little. So the head was nicely in line with the TV.
2020, Holger Weßling, Impossible Mission I & II - The Official Guide1 more example
We had a computer at school, a Commodore 64. The thing had hardly any memory, not even one thousandth of an mp3-player kids use nowadays. To load a game you had to insert a cassette which transmitted a code by means of an endless series of beeps to a brown case we called "the bread box".
2010, Barry Voeten, Colourcash, page 14
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA container for storing bread and other baked goods to keep them fresh.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰrewh₁-der.?
- Proto-Germanic*braudą
- Proto-West Germanic*braud
- Old Englishbrēad
- Middle Englishbred
- Englishbread
- Ancient Greekπῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos)
- Ancient Greekπυξίς (puxís)
- Late Latinbuxis
- Proto-West Germanic*buhsā
- Old Englishbox
- Middle Englishbox
- Englishbox
- Englishbreadbox
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀρτοθήκη
- ἀρτοθήκη (artothḗkē)a container for storing bread
Chinese Mandarin 麵包盒 /面包盒
- 麵包盒 /面包盒 (miànbāohé)a container for storing bread
Czech chlebník
- chlebníka container for storing bread
Dutch broodtrommel
- broodtrommela container for storing bread
Esperanto panskatolo
- panskatoloa container for storing bread
Estonian leivakarp
- leivakarpa container for storing bread
Finnish leipälaatikko
- leipälaatikkoa container for storing bread
French panetière
- panetièrea container for storing bread
German Brotkasten
- Brotkastena container for storing bread
Greek ψωμιέρα
- ψωμιέρα (psomiéra)a container for storing bread
Irish cófra aráin
- cófra aráina container for storing bread
Japanese ブレッドボックス, パンケース
- ブレッドボックス (bureddo bokkusu)a container for storing bread
- パンケース (pan kēsu)a container for storing bread
Korean 빵 상자, 빵 저장통
- 빵 상자 (ppang sangja)a container for storing bread
- 빵 저장통 (ppang jeojangtong)a container for storing bread
Latin pānārium
- pānāriuma container for storing bread
Persian تبنگو, جانونی
- تبنگو (tabangu)a container for storing bread
- جانونی (jânuni)a container for storing bread
Polish chlebak
- chlebaka container for storing bread
Russian хле́бница
- хле́бница (xlébnica)a container for storing bread
Slovak skrinka na chlieb
- skrinka na chlieba container for storing bread
Spanish panera
- paneraa container for storing bread
Swedish brödlåda
- brödlådaa container for storing bread
Turkish ekmeklik
- ekmeklika container for storing bread
Ukrainian хлібниця
- хлібниця (xlibnycja)a container for storing bread
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with breadbox
Cite this entry
breadbox. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breadbox
“breadbox.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breadbox. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “breadbox,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breadbox.
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