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for breadbasket
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Granary \Gran"a*ry\, n.; pl. Granaries. [L. granarium, fr.
granum grain. See Garner.]
1. A storehouse or repository for grain, esp. after it is
thrashed or husked; a cornhouse.
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2. Hence: (Fig.), A region fertile in grain; in this sense,
equivalent to breadbasket, used figuratively; as,
Ukraine, the granary of the Soviet Union.
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The exhaustless granary of a world. --Thomson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Breadbasket \Bread"bas`ket\, n.
The stomach. [Humorous] --S. Foote.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
breadbasket
n 1: a geographic region serving as the principal source of
grain
2: an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary
canal; the principal organ of digestion [syn: stomach,
tummy, tum, breadbasket]
3: a basket for serving bread
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