breadbox

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
20
Words With Friends
22
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈbɹɛd.bɒks/
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/ˈbɹɛd.bɒks/ · /ˈbɹɛd.bɑks/

Definition of breadbox

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A container for storing bread and other baked goods to keep them fresh.
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noun

  1. A container for storing bread and other baked goods to keep them fresh.
  2. (slang)A Commodore 64 computer.
    “We had a computer at school, a Commodore 64. The thing had hardly any memory, not even one thousandth of an mp3-player kids use nowadays. To load a game you had to insert a cassette which transmitted a code by means of an endless series of beeps to a brown case we called "the bread box".”
    “2020, Holger Weßling, Impossible Mission I & II - The Official Guide That's why he gave him a Commodore 64 in 1983. […] Nick […] had converted his cupboards so that the shelf in which the bread box was located could be pulled out a little. So the head was nicely in line with the TV.”

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Etymology

From bread + box.

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