cornbread

Or corn bread

[kawrn-bred]

noun

1. Also called Indian bread. a quick bread made from cornmeal and often including buttermilk or bacon drippings, originating from the cooking of Native Americans and common in the American South.

2. Also called Jewish corn rye. Also called kornbroyt. a heavy sourdough rye bread, usually dusted with cornmeal.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cornbread¹

An Americanism dating back to 1740–50

Example Sentences

It’s a reality at the heart of Thanksgiving, when celebrants pass anecdotes around the table as freely as the cornbread dressing and pumpkin pie.

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The screams wouldn’t have reached the Hollywood Hills, where Bill Whitten wound down after a typical Sunday cooking Southern-style collard greens and cornbread in his eclectic home filled with African and Black American minstrel art.

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When it tested swapping in cornbread skillets for its original muffins in a handful of locations in early 2024, some diners balked.

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For a restaurant better known for cornbread and checkerboards than market volatility, the whole thing had the air of an identity crisis unfolding in real time.

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My grandmother’s cornbread dressing that we have every Thanksgiving was never written down, and it’s my favorite thing on the table.

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