How do you use Breadbasket in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like region or stomach, plus the exact meaning.
Breadbasket meaning
- A basket used for storing or carrying bread.
- A region which has favourable conditions to produce a large quantity of grain or, by extension, other food products; a food bowl.
- The abdomen or stomach, especially as a vulnerable part of the body in an attack.
Using Breadbasket
- The main meaning on this page is: A basket used for storing or carrying bread. | A region which has favourable conditions to produce a large quantity of grain or, by extension, other food products; a food bowl. | The abdomen or stomach, especially as a vulnerable part of the body in an attack.
- Useful related words include: region, stomach, tummy, tum.
- In the example corpus, breadbasket often appears in combinations such as: breadbasket of, the breadbasket, breadbasket region.
Context around Breadbasket
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Breadbasket
- In this selection, "breadbasket" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, agricultural, sea, northwestern, region and denotes stand out and add context to how "breadbasket" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include become the breadbasket of the and a northwestern breadbasket region where. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "breadbasket" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with breadbasket
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
While as Rhodesia, the country was once considered the breadbasket of Africa. (12 words)
Your Eyewitness is hearing a lot about how at last we’re gonna become the “breadbasket” of the Caribbean! (19 words)
In Russia in 1917, the Bolsheviks promised "peace, land, and bread." citation citation The term " breadbasket " denotes an agriculturally productive region. (21 words)
When the Rio Grande's line to Salt Lake was completed in 1883, the Denver Tribune that the Grand Valley, "capable of astonishing production" of "every variety of fruit and cereal," was poised to become the breadbasket of the American West. (41 words)
Wheat, which had been trading in negative territory in early overnight trade, rose on concerns about global grain supplies disrupted by the 13-month-old war in the Black Sea breadbasket region, lifting benchmark wheat futures prices from earlier losses. (40 words)
Economics drove the decision: many Russian speakers believed at the time that they would be materially better of being part of the “breadbasket of Europe,” rather than sticking with Russia under a broad union. (34 words)
But how does one explain the flight of fellow black Zimbabweans who left the country a few years after independence when the country still prided itself as the breadbasket of Africa? (31 words)
Your Eyewitness is hearing a lot about how at last we’re gonna become the “breadbasket” of the Caribbean! (19 words)
Example sentences (14)
Not only would this runoff destroy thousands of homes, it would also ravage a region that serves as the nation's foremost agricultural breadbasket.
Wheat, which had been trading in negative territory in early overnight trade, rose on concerns about global grain supplies disrupted by the 13-month-old war in the Black Sea breadbasket region, lifting benchmark wheat futures prices from earlier losses.
When the Rio Grande's line to Salt Lake was completed in 1883, the Denver Tribune that the Grand Valley, "capable of astonishing production" of "every variety of fruit and cereal," was poised to become the breadbasket of the American West.
Your Eyewitness is hearing a lot about how at last we’re gonna become the “breadbasket” of the Caribbean!
If the descendants of colonialists are really efficient and indispensable, then Africa should be a breadbasket and food exporter in spite of the war in Ukraine.
But how does one explain the flight of fellow black Zimbabweans who left the country a few years after independence when the country still prided itself as the breadbasket of Africa?
Drought has slashed food production in what was once the continent’s breadbasket, as climate change makes disasters like last year’s Cyclone Idai more common.
Economics drove the decision: many Russian speakers believed at the time that they would be materially better of being part of the “breadbasket of Europe,” rather than sticking with Russia under a broad union.
In Boucle du Mouhoun, a northwestern breadbasket region where violence is currently spreading, many of the displaced children were living together in crowded compounds when The New Humanitarian visited in May.
We see that prior to the penalty, Mina was giving Wilson a few verbals, so Wilson shoved the ball into his breadbasket, for which he was booked.
Likewise, new provisions included to protect our environment will ensure that Illinois and the Midwest remains a viable breadbasket of the world.
It is uttered so soften and so carelessly that it is never made clear whether this breadbasket was during the Rhodesian era or in Zimbabwe before the land revolution.
In Russia in 1917, the Bolsheviks promised "peace, land, and bread." citation citation The term " breadbasket " denotes an agriculturally productive region.
While as Rhodesia, the country was once considered the breadbasket of Africa.
Common combinations with breadbasket
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- breadbasket of 6×
- the breadbasket 5×
- breadbasket region 2×