Swedish rye bread
- noun
:
pan de centeno sueco
- The bakery's Swedish rye bread is known for its moist texture and rich flavor.
Examples
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Baking Swedish rye bread fills the kitchen with the scent of spices and citrus.
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She served slices of Swedish rye bread with butter and jam for breakfast.
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I love Swedish rye bread!
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Have you tried Swedish rye bread before?
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Baking Swedish rye bread fills the kitchen with the scent of spices and citrus.
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She served slices of Swedish rye bread with butter and jam for breakfast.
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The bakery's Swedish rye bread is known for its moist texture and rich flavor.
Synonyms
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Bread made with rye flour that is darker and denser than wheat bread
A moist rye bread flavored with orange peel and molasses
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Morphology
The phrase is fully compositional: 'Swedish' denotes origin, 'rye' names the grain, and 'bread' is the food item, so the combined meaning (a rye bread from Sweden) is directly derivable from the constituents. This adjective+noun sequencing is cross-linguistically common and contains no idiomatic or metaphorical shift, so a B1 learner who knows the parts will understand it.
Etymology
Swedish rye bread comes from old Swedish home baking, where people made dark rye bread flavoured with molasses and orange peel called 'limpa'. That's why the name now means a moist, spiced rye loaf from Sweden.