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cornbread

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Bread made from cornmeal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: maizebread

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

bread made primarily of cornmeal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: quick bread

Narrower terms: corn cake, skillet corn bread, ashcake, ash cake, corn tash, cornpone, pone, corn dab, corn dodger, dodger, hush puppy, hushpuppy, johnnycake, johnny cake, journey cake, spoon bread, batter bread

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: амгьал (amgjal) — bread made from cornmeal
  • Chechen: сискал (siskal) — bread made from cornmeal
  • Cherokee: ᏎᎷ ᎦᏚ (selu gadu) — bread made from cornmeal
  • Esperanto: maizpano — bread made from cornmeal
  • Galician: broa — bread made from cornmeal
  • Galician: petada — bread made from cornmeal
  • Georgian: მჭადი (mč̣adi) — bread made from cornmeal
  • Greek: καλαμποκόψωμο (kalampokópsomo) — bread made from cornmeal
  • Irish: arán buí — bread made from cornmeal
  • Kaitag: миче́р (mičér) — bread made from cornmeal
  • Polish: chleb kukurydziany — bread made from cornmeal
  • Serbo-Croatian: кукуру́за — bread made from cornmeal
  • Serbo-Croatian: kukurúza — bread made from cornmeal
  • Spanish: pan de maíz — bread made from cornmeal
  • Spanish: pan de elote — bread made from cornmeal
  • Spanish: borona — bread made from cornmeal
  • Spanish: nishpinol — bread made from cornmeal
  • Swedish: majsbröd — bread made from cornmeal
  • Uyghur: زاغرا (zaghra) — bread made from cornmeal
  • Yiddish: קוקורוזע־ברויט (kukuruze-broyt) — bread made from cornmeal
  • Yiddish: פּאַפּשויברויט (papshoybroyt) — bread made from cornmeal