bannock
noun
a flat cake made of oatmeal, barley meal, etc., usually baked on a griddle.
bannock
1 American
[ban-uhk]
/ ˈbæn ək /
noun
Scottish and British Cooking.
Bannock
2
American
[ban-uhk]
/ ˈbæn ək /
noun
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Bannocks,
plural
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Bannock
plural
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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.
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the language of the Bannock, belonging to the Shoshonean group of Uto-Aztecan languages.
bannock
British
/ ˈbænək /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of bannock
before 1000; Middle English bannok, Old English bannuc morsel < British Celtic; compare Scots Gaelic bannach
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We will keep going back for the bannock tacos and the chance to eat in the Isken Hall, with windows all around overlooking the Lost Lake woods.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2022
Your selections include smoked salmon panini, venison chili, xuxem berry tea, dessert bars and bannock doughnuts.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2022
My characters take it for granted that their roads are made of biodegradable foam, 3-D printers spit out biological tissue, trucks drive themselves, and there’s a popular chain of bannock cafés in northern Canada.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2017
She makes bannock, a traditional round-shaped fry bread that’s eaten plain or with spreadable treats such as dips, hummus, jellies or jam.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 28, 2015
She gave Omakayas a crust of bannock bread, a treat, and sent her ahead, although she stayed within sight should Omakayas need her.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
The educators named as defendants Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador and the county prosecutors responsible for enforcing abortion laws where the universities are located, including Ada, Bannock and Latah counties.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 8, 2023
They found signs of Shoshone, Bannock, Crow and other Indigenous camps in every part of the basin.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2022
In light of the affidavit’s findings, Blackfoot Mayor Marc Carroll and the Shoshone Bannock Tribe have called for Rowland’s resignation and a public apology.
From Fox News ● Dec. 19, 2021
The U.S. military created the nation’s first national park, Yellowstone, by forcibly removing Nez Perce, Bannock, Shoshone, Crow, and Blackfeet communities from their ancestral lands.
From Slate ● May 11, 2021
What he really said was something like, “I live in Bannock on Battle Point Lane. It’s about two miles from here.”
From "Winger" by Andrew Smith
The Bannocks and Shoshones of Fort Hall 83 were nerved to a high tension and quickly athrill to any new movement.
From Trail Tales by James David Gillilan
“The Bannocks sent back the peace-pipe by this man, and he broke it and cast the pieces in our teeth,” answered one, stubbornly.
From The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. by Frederic Homer Balch
Did not Snoqualmie say then that the two tribes should henceforth be as one tribe, and that the Bannocks should be the brethren of the Cayuses forever?”
From The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. by Frederic Homer Balch
The next morning the Bannocks broke camp, and vanished before the hoar frost had melted from the sage.
From The Cup of Trembling and Other Stories by Mary Hallock Foote
Then the Bannock said that he wanted to see the Cayuse chief, Snoqualmie, in the council-lodge, for the chief of the Bannocks had sent a “talk” to the Cayuses.
From The Bridge of the Gods A Romance of Indian Oregon. 19th Edition. by Frederic Homer Balch
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