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bannock

bannock

1 9.6
A flat round bread made from oats or barley and cooked on a hot pan
  • noun
  • /ˈbænək/
  • UK
: bannock
  • Then it was time for wapos rabbit du moutarde with baked bannock and a sampling of twentieth-century Métis attire.

Examples

  • I learned how to make bannock using just flour, water, and salt.

  • After the hike, we enjoyed fresh bannock cooked over the campfire.

  • 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

biscuit
vsbannock
  • US
9 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
farl
vsbannock
  • UK
1 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

bannock singular
bannocks plural

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.