bannock
see also: Bannock
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈbæ.nək/
Noun

bannock (uncountable)

  1. (especially, Scotland, northern England) An unleavened bread made with barley, wheat, or oatmeal.
  2. (Canada) 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.
    • 2007, Gail Anderson-Dargatz, Turtle Valley, Vintage Canada, ISBN 9780676978865, p. 54,
      My father’s bannock was nothing but lard, flour, salt, and baking powder patted into big rounds and cooked on sticks over a campfire.
Translations Translations Related terms
  • frybread, dog bread (US terms for specific breads which would all be called bannock in Canada)

Bannock
Noun

bannock (plural bannocks)

  1. A member of a tribe of the Northern Paiute, an indigenous people of the Great Basin.



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