breadbasket

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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}, {breadbasket}]
    3: a basket for serving bread

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Granary \Gran"a*ry\, 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]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Breadbasket \Bread"bas`ket\, n.
   The stomach. [Humorous] --S. Foote.
   [1913 Webster]

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