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Vinony

breadbox

noun

  1. container for storing bread
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Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɛd.bɒks/ / /ˈbɹɛd.bɑks/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-der.? Proto-Germanic *braudą Proto-West Germanic *braud Old English brēad Middle English bred English bread English box English breadbox From bread + box.

  1. A container for storing bread and other baked goods to keep them fresh.
  2. A Commodore 64 computer.

    “We had a computer at school, a Commodore 64. The thing had hardly any memory, not even one thousandth of an mp3-player kids use nowadays. To load a game you had to insert a cassette which transmitted a code by means of an endless series of beeps to a brown case we called "the bread box".”

    “That's why he gave him a Commodore 64 in 1983. […] Nick […] had converted his cupboards so that the shelf in which the bread box was located could be pulled out a little. So the head was nicely in line with the TV.”