Meaning
The starchy, filling part of a meal taken collectively — ground provisions (yam, dasheen, sweet potato), green banana, breadfruit, dumplings, and the like: the 'kind' of food that is bread-like and fills the belly. 'Nuff breadkind' means plenty of the heavy carbohydrate side that goes with the meat or fish.
Examples
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Cook plenty breadkind fi go wid di stew.
Cook plenty of provisions to go with the stew.
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Yam, banana, an dumpling — dat a di breadkind.
Yam, banana, and dumpling — that's the starchy side.
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Di plate need more breadkind.
The plate needs more of the starchy staples.
Origin
From 'bread' (staple carbohydrate) + 'kind' (type); a collective term for starchy staples. See [[grung-provision]], [[breadfruit]].
How it’s used
Collective term for the starchy carbohydrate part of a meal. See [[grung-provision]], [[breadfruit]], [[dumpling]].