bannock
Plural: bannocks
Noun
- A flat, unleavened bread or cake, typically made with oatmeal.
- a flat bread made of oat or barley flour; common in New England and Scotland
- An unleavened bread, usually made with barleymeal, wheatmeal, or oatmeal; sometimes of peasemeal or otherwise.
- 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.
- 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.
- This or any similar traditional bread when made by indigenous Americans, originally from native sources such as maize or pseudocereals and plants with starchy roots
Examples
- He was so focused on spelling BANNOCK he forgot to eat his actual lunch.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English bannoke, from Old English bannuc, from Old Irish bannach, based on Latin pānicum (“millet”). Doublet of bonnag.
Synonyms
Indian bread, alatiq, skaan
Scrabble Score: 15
bannock: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordbannock: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
bannock: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 19
bannock: valid Words With Friends Word