throat sweetbread
- noun
- /θroʊt ˈswɛtbred/
- Specialized
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molleja de garganta
- She ordered roasted throat sweetbread at the fine dining restaurant, curious to try something new.
Examples
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The chef carefully prepared the throat sweetbread with a delicate white wine sauce.
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I love throat sweetbreads cooked in a creamy sauce.
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Many French recipes call for throat sweetbread as a prized delicacy in traditional dishes.
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The chef prepared a delicious throat sweetbread dish for the guests.
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Many French recipes call for throat sweetbread as a prized delicacy in traditional dishes.
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The chef carefully prepared the throat sweetbread with a delicate white wine sauce.
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She ordered roasted throat sweetbread at the fine dining restaurant, curious to try something new.
Synonyms
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A soft animal body part from a young calf or lamb, cooked and eaten
A soft part from an animal's neck that people eat
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward compositional noun phrase: 'sweetbread' names the edible thymus/pancreas and 'throat' simply specifies its anatomical location, so the combined meaning ('the thymus of the throat of a young animal used as food') is directly derivable. Location-modifier + food-item compounds are cross-linguistically common and follow normal English composition patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would understand it.
Etymology
Throat sweetbread is the name for a soft gland from the throat of a young animal, especially a calf or lamb. One popular idea is that sweetbread points to the meat's mild, almost 'sweet' taste and soft texture, so the phrase means 'an edible gland' or 'a delicacy'.