<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (May 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (May 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> A breadbox (chiefly American) or a bread bin (chiefly British) is a container for storing bread and other baked goods to keep them fresh . They were a more common household kitchen item until bread started being made commercially with food preservatives and wrapped in plastic . Breadboxes are still used by many people to store commercially purchased bread, but are used more especially by people who bake bread at home . Newer ones are usually made of metal . In the past they were often made of wood or sometimes pottery (pottery breadboxes are also called bread crocks). Old breadboxes can be collectible antiques . </P> <P> Breadboxes are most commonly big enough to fit one or two average size loaves of bread--about 12 inches wide by 6 inches high and deep (30 cm x 15 cm x 15 cm). </P>

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