breadbasket – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
breadbasket
n.
major cereal-producing region that supplies cereals for the rest of it; basket for carrying bread; (Slang) stomach;
Breadbasket
The
breadbasket or the
granary of a country is a region which, because of richness of
soil and/or advantageous
climate, produces an agricultural surplus which is often considered vital for the country as a whole.
Rice bowl is a similar term used to refer to
Southeast Asia, and California's
Salinas Valley is often referred to as the world's
salad bowl. Such regions may be the subject of fierce political disputes which may even escalate into full military conflicts.
breadbasket
Noun
1. a geographic region serving as the principal source of grain
(hypernym) region
2. an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion
(synonym) stomach, tummy, tum
(hypernym) internal organ, viscus
(hyponym) craw, crop
(part-holonym) alimentary canal, alimentary tract, digestive tube, digestive tract, gastrointestinal tract, GI tract
(part-meronym) gastric artery, arteria gastrica
3. a basket for serving bread
(hypernym) basket, handbasket
Breadbasket
(n.)
The stomach.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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breadbasket
stomach, belly The ball hit him just below his chest - right in the breadbasket.
