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Found 3 hits - Term: breadbasket, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
granary \gran"ary\, n.; pl. granaries. l. granarium, fr.
   granum grain. see garner.
   1. a storehouse or repository for grain, esp. after it is
      thrashed or husked; a cornhouse.
      1913 webster

   2. hence: fig., a region fertile in grain; in this sense,
      equivalent to breadbasket, used figuratively; as,
      ukraine, the granary of the soviet union.
      1913 webster +pjc

            the exhaustless granary of a world.   --thomson.
      1913 webster
see also:
granaries garner breadbasket 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
breadbasket \bread"bas`ket\, n.
   the stomach. humorous --s. foote.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
breadbasket
     n 1: a geographic region serving as the principal source of grain
     2: an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary
        canal; the principal organ of digestion syn: stomach, tummy,
         tum
     3: a basket for serving bread
see also:
stomach tummy tum 

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