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rye bread
noun
: bread made wholly or in part of rye flour
especially
: a light bread often with caraway seeds
Examples of rye bread in a Sentence
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Meal includes french fries or baked potato, coleslaw, rye bread, milk or coffee, and tartar or seafood sauce.
—Journal Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2024
The fish fry was classic – no bells and whistles, just really good fish on rye bread.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 8 Mar. 2024
The menu features baked or fried Alaskan cod, french fries or parsley potatoes, coleslaw, rye bread, dessert and coffee or milk.
—Journal Sentinel, 14 Feb. 2024
Also on the menu: white sauce, coleslaw, pickled beets, cranberries, brown beans, lefse, Swedish rye bread and traditional Scandinavian cookies.
—Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 8 Jan. 2024
Get a taste of some of Reykjavik’s best ice cream and their famed rye bread with a scoop of rye-bread ice cream at Cafe Loki, a quirky bistro meets coffee shop right in front of the Hallgrímskirkja, the city’s church and most iconic landmark.
—Claire Volkman, Vogue, 16 Nov. 2023
The dense rye bread that emerges is an embodiment of a culture-wide sweet tooth—a delicious meeting point between cake and bread that’s best balanced with a thick swipe of butter, smoked lamb, or pickled fish.
—Erika Owen, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Aug. 2023
Hart, with Richard-Carvajal at the helm, is in pursuit of both a style and a substance all of its own: the perfect bake, the perfect croissant, the perfect cardamom bun, city loaf, rye bread, Tebirkes, Spandauer.
—Tom Rasmussen, Vogue, 8 Aug. 2023
The huts are little more than a picnic table with walls and a roof – each lovingly painted and carved – stained with generations of family fun, sunsets, and memories of pickled herring on rye bread.
—Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 18 July 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of rye bread was
in the 15th century
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“Rye bread.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rye%20bread. Accessed 23 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
rye bread
noun
: bread made entirely or partly from rye flour
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