bannock

¹

[ ban-uhk ]

noun

, Scottish and British Cooking.

1. a flat cake made of oatmeal, barley meal, etc., usually baked on a griddle.

Bannock

²

[ ban-uhk ]

noun

, plural Ban·nocks, (especially collectively) Ban·nock

1. a member of a North American Indian people formerly of Idaho and Wyoming who merged with the Shoshone in the 19th century, now living primarily in southeastern Idaho.
2. the language of the Bannock, belonging to the Shoshonean group of Uto-Aztecan languages.

bannock

/ ˈbænək /

noun

1. a round flat unsweetened cake originating in Scotland, made from oatmeal or barley and baked on a griddle

Word History and Origins

Origin of bannock¹

before 1000; Middle English bannok, Old English bannuc morsel < British Celtic; compare Scots Gaelic bannach

Word History and Origins

Origin of bannock¹

Old English bannuc ; of Celtic origin; compare Gaelic bannach , Cornish banna a drop, bit; perhaps related to Latin pānicium , from pānis bread

Example Sentences

On November 4, the Fort Hall Shoshone-Bannock tribes announced their opposition to Yellowstone delisting.

From The Daily Beast

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is calling their $60 million turnout operation “the Bannock Street Project.”

From The Daily Beast

Three days later, the 66-year-old Bannock expired of congestive heart failure and complications from diabetes.

From The Daily Beast

Larry Bannock was the chief of a Mardi Gras Indian tribe in New Orleans.

From The Daily Beast

Though Gloucester had retired, apparently he did not withdraw beyond the Bannock, but encamped for the night along the north bank.

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It is hopeless to number the slain that strewed the field of battle, choked the Bannock, or floated down the Forth.

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He then made fresh dispositions of his troops, in view of the position of the English van along the Bannock.

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Lastly, he has baked the biggest Bannock on record; Cake with 5,000 eggs in it, and a tun of butter.

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One of the features of Michaelmas in Scotland was the concoction and cooking of a giant cake, bun, or bannock.

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