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Definition of
sweetbread noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
sweetbread
noun
noun
NAmE
/
/
ˈswitbrɛd
/
/
[
usually plural
]
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the
thymus
(= an organ in the neck)
or the
pancreas
(= an organ near the stomach)
of a young cow or sheep, eaten as food
See
sweetbread
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