bannock
|ban-nock|
/ˈbænək/
round flat bread/cake
Etymology
'bannock' originates from Old English, specifically the word 'bannuc', where 'bannuc' meant 'a small cake or morsel'.
'bannuc' changed into Middle English forms such as 'bannok' or 'bannock' (and appeared in Scots dialect), and eventually became the modern English word 'bannock'.
Initially, it meant 'a small cake or morsel', but over time it evolved into its current primary meaning of 'a round flat bread or cake'.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
a round, flat type of bread or cake, traditionally made from oats or barley and cooked on a griddle, stone, or open fire; associated with Scots and various Indigenous peoples of North America.
They baked a bannock on the hot stone beside the fire.
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Noun 2
a traditional oatcake or small cake made in Scots and Northern English regional cooking (regional/dialect sense).
In some villages, bannocks were eaten for special occasions.
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