sweetbread

See also: sweet bread

English
Cooked sweetbread encrusted with chufa

Etymology

Apparently from sweet +‎ bread, though the reason is not immediately evident. Possibly connected with Dutch zwezerik, whose etymology is also unclear.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈswiːtbɹɛd/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈswitˌbɹɛd/
  • Audio (GA)(file)
  • Hyphenation: sweet‧bread

Noun

sweetbread (plural sweetbreads)

  1. The pancreas or thymus gland of an animal, especially a lamb or calf, as food.
    • 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 177:
      The pancreas of an animal when cooked for consumption is known as a sweetbread.

Synonyms
  • (pancreas): belly sweetbread, gutbread, heart sweetbread, stomach sweetbread
  • (thymus gland): gullet sweetbread, neck sweetbread, throat sweetbread

Translations

References
  1. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “zwezerik”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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