spoon bread
spoon bread
S s Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [spoon bred]
- /spun brɛd/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [spoon bred]
- /spun brɛd/
Definitions of spoon bread words
- noun spoon bread Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a baked dish made with cornmeal, milk, eggs, and shortening, served as an accompaniment to meat. 1
- noun spoon bread Dialect. any of various types of biscuits shaped by dropping batter into a baking pan from a spoon. 1
- noun spoon bread a soft, light, moist bread made of cornmeal, eggs, milk, shortening, and, usually, baking powder, and served with a spoon 0
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Origin of spoon bread
First appearance:
before 1905 One of the 15% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1905-10
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Parts of speech for Spoon bread
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
spoon bread popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
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