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frybread

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈfɹaɪˌbɹɛd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

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noun

Meaning 1

Fried bread.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, Western, uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Baptist cakes, dough gob, dough goddy, doughbelly, doughboy, fried dough, holy poke, huffjuffs, puffy sticks, scone

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From fry + bread.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Jicarilla: tsʼííłiłii — food
  • Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai: myála sílva — food
  • Navajo: dah díníilghaazh — food
  • Ojibwe: zaasakokwede — food
  • Ojibwe: zaasakokwaan — food
  • Omaha-Ponca: washínzhegthon — food
  • Osage: 𐓷𐓘𐓲𐓶́𐓟 𐓷𐓟́𐓧𐓣 — food
  • Osage: 𐓷𐓘𐓲𐓶́𐓟 𐓤𐓘̄𐓮𐓲𐓶́ — food
  • Russian: жа́реный хлеб (žárenyj xleb) — food
  • Winnebago: waisgap taxere — food
  • Yup'ik: alatiq — food