Definition of "brown bread" [brown bread]

• A bread made of a dark flour, such as graham or whole-wheat flour. (noun)
• A steamed bread usually made of cornmeal, flour, and molasses. (noun)

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• "The domestic scene was completed by a large plate of small, crustless sandwiches — anchovy paste on brown bread and hothouse cucumbers on white — and a silver tray of tiny iced cakes."
• "Then she brought in toasted brown bread and tea, and a steaming dish of lentils, and fresh-picked berries in a basket all lined with green leaves."
• "He says, the king was often seen lying upon a common straw-bed among the soldiers, with a piece of brown bread in one hand, and a bit of charcoal in t'other, to draw an encampment, or town that he was besieging."