Meaning

(especially Scotland, Northern England) An unleavened bread, usually made with barleymeal, wheatmeal, or oatmeal; sometimes of peasemeal or otherwise..

Definitions by Sense

1. (especially Scotland, Northern England) An unleavened bread, usually made with barleymeal, wheatmeal, or oatmeal; sometimes of peasemeal or otherwise.
2. (Canada) 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.

Example Sentences

So she baked two oatmeal bannocks, and set them on to the fire to harden. After a while, the old man came in, and sat down beside the fire, and takes one of the bannocks, and snaps it through the middle.

“The boats are coming!” The cry rang through the village. Women left their bannock-baking, their basketweaving and hurried to the shore.

My father’s bannock was nothing but lard, flour, salt, and baking powder patted into big rounds and cooked on sticks over a campfire.

Word Forms

• bannocks
• bannik

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When Should You Use Bannock?

Use bannock when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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