/ Dictionary / Index S sweetbread: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: sweet•bread Pronunciation: (swēt'bred"), [key] — n. Also calledthe pancreas of an animal, esp. a calf or a lamb, used for food. Also calledthe thymus gland of such an animal, used for food. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: sweetbread (Thesaurus) sweet birch oil sweetbrier Related Content Daily Word Quiz: spectral Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language