bannock
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bannock¹
- /ˈbæ.nək/
Where it comes from
From Middle English bannoke, from Old English bannuc, perhaps from a Goidelic word (compare Irish bonnóg, Manx bonnag, Scottish Gaelic bonnach), possibly from Latin pānicum (“millet”). Doublet of bonnag.
noun bannocks · bannik
- An unleavened bread, usually made with barleymeal, wheatmeal, or oatmeal; sometimes of peasemeal or otherwise. "It was till lately believed by the ploughmen of Clydesdale, that if they repeated the rhyme Fairy, fairy, bake me a bannock and roast me a collop, And I'll gie ye a spurtle off my gadend! three several times on turning their cattle at the terminations of ridges, they would find the said fare prep
- 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. “The boats are coming!” The cry rang through the village. Women left their bannock-baking, their basketweaving and hurried to the shore.
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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
Similar: Indian bread, alatiq, skaan
Bannock²
Where it comes from
Derived from Northern Paiute Pannakwatɨ (“Bannock”).
noun Bannocks · Bannock
- A member of a tribe of the Northern Paiute, an indigenous people of the Great Basin.
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Talk about this word "bannock." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/bannock. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. bannock. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/bannock "bannock." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/bannock.Cite this
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title = {bannock},
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year = {2026},
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