quick bread

noun

A type of bread which is leavened with agents other than yeast (such as baking soda plus an acid) and thus rises more quickly.

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Meanings

nounquick bread (countable and uncountable, plural quick breads)

plural quick breads · alternative quickbread

  1. UScountableuncountableA type of bread which is leavened with agents other than yeast (such as baking soda plus an acid) and thus rises more quickly.

Origin

From quick + bread.

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Translations

Spanish pan rápido
  • pan rápidotype of bread
Cite this entry
APA

quick bread. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quick%20bread

MLA

“quick bread.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quick%20bread. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quick bread,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quick%20bread.

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