corn cake
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2.0
- noun
- /kɔrn keɪk/
- US
:
torta de maíz
- Her handmade corn cakes were tender and delicious, perfect for breakfast.
- eating a corn cake
- corn cake batter
- make corn cakes
Examples
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Kadoh crept closer and timidly handed the man a gourd filled with sotol drink, a handful of flattened corn cakes, and some roasted rabbit.
Fiction book (1995) -
We brought some corn cakes for you to enjoy at the picnic.
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Would you like corn cakes?
Fiction book (1994) -
Well, let's try our sweet corn cakes with junk on top.
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We can make corn cakes if we don't catch fish.
Fiction book (2001) -
That evening, the Spaniards distributed a handful of pinole to each prisoner, then sat under the trees and ate strips of dried beef and corn cakes.
Fiction book (1995) -
This was the custom: long prayer, then chicken eggs, thick slices of salty pork, corn cakes, watermelon, cold water from the well, then another long prayer.
Fiction book (1996) -
Ipa would give him corn cakes smeared with the red jam of prickly pear fruit, or beans and wild onions, or whatever special treat she could find.
Fiction book (1995) -
Eventually, the pioneers encountered the Pueblo Indians, and the second graders cooked corn cakes and studied the customs, unique homes, and community life in a Pueblo village.
Academic text (1992) -
One of the best dishes on the menu is an appetizer of airy buttermilk corn cakes topped with shrimp.
Synonyms
42
2.4
A bread made from cornmeal usually served warm with butter
1
9.1
A simple cornbread made without milk or eggs and cooked in a pan
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8.0
A flat cornmeal cake cooked like a pancake on a griddle
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8.2
A type of cornbread wrapped in leaves and baked in hot ashes
A small flat cake made from ground corn, usually fried or baked and served as a side
A thin cornbread cooked like a pancake on a hot pan
A flat bread made from cornmeal by the Shawnee people
A small oval cornmeal cake usually baked or fried
A small oval cake made with cornmeal that is fried or baked
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning—a cake made from corn/maize—is directly and transparently composed from the nouns 'corn' and 'cake', so a learner who knows both words can infer it easily. This is a straightforward, productive noun–noun compound following common cross-linguistic cooking/food-naming patterns, making it readily comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
The name corn cake comes from how people long ago cooked cornmeal into a small, flat cake on a hot pan or stone, like a round, golden pancake. That's why today corn cake means a flat, round bread or pancake made from corn meal.