soda bread

noun

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

soda bread

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of soda bread¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

Certainly, I think given the amount of pastry I consume and have consumed in my lifetime, I thought that Mary O’s Irish Soda Bread scones were kind of a revelation.

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Checking in at 3-1 are soda bread, fish and chips, and Bushmills whiskey.

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

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That connection to my ancestry has made me want to make things like soda bread.

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After both marathon sessions, Fisher had made 357kg worth of soda bread and 3,360 portions of food.

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