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cornbread

cornbread

42 2.4
A bread made from cornmeal usually served warm with butter
  • noun
  • /ˈkɔrnˌbrɛd/
  • US
translation icon : pan de maíz
  • This place just came out with cornbread muffins and butter.

And if you don't like cornbread, how about some biscuits?

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Examples

  • And I'm a lover of a good cornbread, and it's magical.

  • I got some lima beans and cornbread in the oven.

    Fences (2016)

  • We'll get your daddy to make some cornbread when he gets home.

    Our Very Own (2005)

  • l said, ''A good piece of cornbread would go just fine.''

    Mo' Better Blues (1990)

  • "Do you feel like some Carolina cornbread, girl?" I said.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • " She served it to us with cornbread and lemonade.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • Her favorite local cuisine is soup beans and cornbread; she has eaten it every day.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • I want some fried chicken today and I want a hunk of cornbread with it, not a slice.

  • A fresh round of cornbread rested in a Dutch oven on the hearth.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • For dinner, she served fried chicken with a side of cornbread.

Synonyms

corn muffin
vscornbread
  • US
3 1.0

A small cake made from cornmeal like cornbread

is a larger shared loaf meant to be cut or served to several
cornpone
vscornbread
  • US
1 9.1

A simple cornbread made without milk or eggs and cooked in a pan

is usually made with more ingredients and a richer batter
corn cake
vscornbread
  • US
1 2.0

A flat food like a pancake made from cornmeal and cooked on a pan

is usually baked as a thicker loaf meant for slicing or sharing
skillet corn bread
vscornbread
  • US
3.4

A type of cornbread cooked in a frying pan that has a crisp golden crust

is the general cornmeal bread without a specific cooking method
corn dab
vscornbread
  • US
8.6

A small oval cake made with cornmeal that is fried or baked

is the common larger pan or loaf version rather than small cakes
skillet bread
vscornbread
  • US
4.7

Bread cooked in a skillet over a fire, often made as cornbread or soda bread with ham added

is the general cornmeal bread not defined by the cooking vessel
batter bread
vscornbread
  • US
8.1

A soft bread made from cornmeal with a wet, thick mixture you eat with a spoon

is firmer and usually sliced or served by hand rather than spooned
spoonbread
vscornbread
  • US
6.9

A soft baked food made from ground corn like a pudding that people eat with a spoon

is a firmer baked cornmeal loaf rather than a spooned pudding
corn tash
vscornbread
  • US
9.9

A cornbread cake wrapped in cabbage leaves and baked in hot ashes

is the more common pan-baked cornmeal bread without traditional wrapping

How Thick

cornbread
  • US
42 2.4
Shawnee cake
  • US
9.9
pancake
316 1.0
tortilla
29 2.4

Surface Forms

cornbread singular
cornbreads plural

Morphology

cornbread = corn + bread (transparent) = corn + bread

A straightforward compound where the meaning is literally 'bread made from corn/maize', easily deduced by learners.

Etymology

Cornbread is simply corn plus bread, where corn once meant 'a grain' and in the United States now usually means 'maize' or the yellow grain. So cornbread is literally bread made from ground corn, which is why it is a traditional Southern U.S. food.