brown bread

noun

Any bread with a brown colour as contrasted with white, off-white, or other colours.

“Near-synonym: black bread”

Similar
black breadwheat breadwheatdark breadwhole wheat breadwhole meal breadBoston brown bread
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Meanings

nounbrown bread (usually uncountable, plural brown breads)

plural brown breads

  1. uncountableusuallyAny bread with a brown colour as contrasted with white, off-white, or other colours.

    Near-synonym: black bread

    Synonyms: black bread

  2. uncountableusuallyWhole-wheat bread.

    Synonyms: wheat bread, wheat

adjectivebrown bread (not comparable)
  1. Cockneyidiomaticnot comparableslangDead.

    I thought I was ready for the cold cook then. I swear it. I really thought I was brown bread.

    2012, Graham Masterton, The Doorkeepers

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny bread with a brown colour as contrasted with white, off-white, or other colours.

Similar
black bread

nounWhole-wheat bread.

Similar
wheat breadwheat

More synonyms by meaning

nounbread made with whole wheat flour

Similar
dark breadwhole wheat breadwhole meal bread
Broader
breadbreadstuffstaff of life

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

Similar
Boston brown bread
Broader
breadbreadstuffstaff of life
Also see
boston brown breaddark breadwheat breadwholemeal bread

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans bruinbrood
  • bruinbroodtype of bread
Arabic خُبْز أَسْمَر
  • خُبْز أَسْمَر (ḵubz ʔasmar)type of bread
Chinese Mandarin 黑麵包 /黑面包, 稞麥麵包 /稞麦面包
  • 黑麵包 /黑面包 (hēimiànbāo)type of bread
  • 稞麥麵包 /稞麦面包 (kēmài miànbāo)type of bread
Czech tmavý chléb
  • tmavý chlébtype of bread
Estonian must leib
  • must leibtype of bread
Finnish tumma leipä
  • tumma leipätype of bread
French pain complet
  • pain complettype of bread
German Mischbrot
  • Mischbrottype of bread
Irish arán donn, arán rua
  • arán donntype of bread
  • arán ruatype of bread
  • caiscíntype of bread
Korean 갈색빵
  • 갈색빵 (galsaekppang)type of bread
Polish ciemne pieczywo
  • ciemne pieczywotype of bread
Romanian pâine neagră
  • pâine neagrătype of bread
Russian чёрный хлеб
  • чёрный хлеб (čórnyj xleb)type of bread
Scottish Gaelic aran-donn
  • aran-donntype of bread
Tagalog kayumangging tinapay
  • kayumangging tinapaytype of bread
Vietnamese bánh mì nâu
  • bánh mì nâutype of bread
Cite this entry
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MLA

“brown bread.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brown%20bread. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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