rye bread

noun

: bread made wholly or in part of rye flour
especially : a light bread often with caraway seeds

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Admission is free and light refreshments will be served of coffee and rye bread. Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025 Sally squeezes a healthy serving of Hellmann’s mayonnaise onto her rye bread, and signals her approval by re-enacting her famous performance with gusto. Erin Clements, People.com, 29 Jan. 2025 Pair with a poke bowl with ginger and dark vegetables, or with a pastrami sandwich on light rye bread. Tom Mullen, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025 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, 7 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rye bread

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 19 Mar. 2025.

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rye bread

noun
: bread made entirely or partly from rye flour

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