Gutbread

Quick meaning: Gutbread is a noun meaning The pancreas, especially the pancreas of livestock used as food.

Meaning

The pancreas, especially the pancreas of livestock used as food.

Example Sentences

Gerrard discloses that the pancreas is sometimes substituted for sweetbread and is referred to as gutbread in English slaughter houses.

(3) The throat bread (thyroid gland) (4) The heart bread (thymus gland) Biggr } These form a "set" of sweetbreads. (5) The gut bread (pancreas)

The brownish-yellow lobulated pancreas is called ‘gut bread’ or ‘stomach sweetbread’ and weighs approximately 170 g in market-weight beef animals and 85 g in sheep and pigs.

The summarized data from various states show that in the most contaminated regions the incidence rate of gut-bread cancer rose ten times during 1991–1994 if compared with the period of 1986–1990 (Radiation level..., 2000, par. 258, p. 52).

Word Forms

• gutbreads
• gut-bread
• gut bread

Synonyms for gutbread

Depending on context, synonyms include pancreas, sweetbread.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gut-bread, sweetbread, dogbread, breadstuff, giblets, palate.

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