bannock
Meanings
Plural: bannocks
Noun
- a flat bread made of oat or barley flour; common in New England and Scotland
- An unleavened bread, usually made with barleymeal, wheatmeal, or oatmeal; sometimes of peasemeal or otherwise.
- A biscuit bread made of wheat flour or cornmeal, fat, and sometimes baking powder, typically baked over a fire, wrapped around a stick or in a pan.
- A biscuit bread made of wheat flour or cornmeal, fat, and sometimes baking powder, typically baked over a fire, wrapped around a stick or in a pan.
- This or any similar traditional bread when made by indigenous Americans, originally from native sources such as maize or pseudocereals and plants with starchy roots
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English bannoke, from Old English bannuc, from Old Irish bannach, based on Latin pānicum (“millet”). Doublet of bonnag.
Synonyms
alatiq, Indian bread, skaan
Scrabble Score: 15
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Words With Friends Score: 19
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