'Sweetbread' definitions:
Definition of 'sweetbread'
(from WordNet)
noun
Edible glands of an animal [syn: sweetbread, sweetbreads]
Definition of 'Sweetbread'
From: GCIDE
- Sweetbread \Sweet"bread`\ (sw[=e]t"br[e^]d`), n.
- 1. Either the thymus gland or the pancreas, the former being called neck sweetbread or throat sweetbread, the latter belly sweetbread. The sweetbreads of ruminants, esp. of the calf, are highly esteemed as food. See Pancreas, and Thymus. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Anat.) The pancreas. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sweetbread'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abatis,
- brains,
- breast of veal,
- chitterlings,
- cockscomb,
- foie de veau,
- fricandeau,
- giblets,
- gizzard,
- haslet,
- heart,
- kidneys,
- liver,
- marrow,
- tongue,
- tripe,
- veal,
- veal cutlet,
- veau