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cornbread

C2 Topic:Food & Drink

Also spelled corn-bread

US /ˈkɔrnˌbrɛd/ UK /ˈkɔːnbrɛd/
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Synonyms
1 noun · bread made chiefly from... maize breadcornmeal bread
Word family
Related forms cornmealcornponejohnnycake

Etymology

A compound of corn + bread. In North American English corn usually means maize, whose meal became the basis of many Indigenous and later regional breads, including pone, johnnycake, and modern cornbread.

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