sweetbread
1 synonym for sweetbread, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — An animal's pancreas or thymus, especially from a lamb or calf, eaten as food.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
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sweetbreads
Etymology
Apparently made up of sweet and bread, though the reason for the name is not immediately clear. It may possibly be connected with Dutch zwezerik, whose own origin is likewise unclear.
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