soda bread

American  

noun

1. an Irish quick bread leavened with baking soda, usually made with buttermilk.

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soda bread British  

noun

1. a type of bread leavened with sodium bicarbonate combined with milk and cream of tartar

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Etymology

Origin of soda bread

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

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soda bread

As if that weren’t enough, she even found time to bake fresh Irish soda bread and bring it to set.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2024

What is not traditionally Irish, though, is this soda bread recipe.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2023

The common so-called “Zante currants” used in recipes such as soda bread are actually raisins, and they are no relation to the Ribes genus of currants and gooseberries.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 2022

No need if you have some milk past its best: use it in buttermilk scones, soda bread or cobbler topping.

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2022

But she jumped up, and said it was time she baked the soda bread for tea.

From The Weans at Rowallan by Fitzpatrick, Kathleen