"black bread" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-black bread.wav [US] Forms: black breads [plural]
Etymology: Because the bread's dark brown color is notionally black. Head templates: {{en-noun}} black bread (plural black breads)
  1. (cooking) A type of coarse-grained, dark-colored rye bread. Wikidata QID: Q27889343 Hypernyms: rye bread, rye, bread, food Related terms: blackbread [alternative] Translations (Translations): 黑麵包 /黑面包 (hēimiànbāo) (Chinese Mandarin)

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