breadbox — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A container for storing bread and other baked goods to keep them fresh.

   Synonyms

   bread bin

2. A Commodore 64 computer.

   Usage

   • Slang

   Examples

   More examples (2)

   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.

Noun

1. a container used to keep bread or cake in

   Synonyms

   bread-bin

   Broader terms

   container