bannock
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9.6
A flat round bread made from oats or barley and cooked on a hot pan
- noun
- /ˈbænək/
- UK
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bannock
- Then it was time for wapos rabbit du moutarde with baked bannock and a sampling of twentieth-century Métis attire.
Examples
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I learned how to make bannock using just flour, water, and salt.
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After the hike, we enjoyed fresh bannock cooked over the campfire.
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We've run out, and I need to make bannock for tonight's supper.
Fiction book (1998) -
The traditional Scottish bannock was served with jam and butter.
Synonyms
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1.0
A small soft round bread roll often eaten with butter
is a flat bread of oat or barley flour cooked on a griddle
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9.9
A flat round bread cut into four pieces that people often eat for breakfast in Scotland or Ireland
is usually made from oat or barley flour and cooked on a griddle
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word bannock comes from old Scottish and English words like bannuc, which meant 'small cake' or 'morsel'. So think of a bannock as the simple 'flat cake' people cooked on a stone or griddle, which is why it still means a round, flat bread often made from oats or barley.