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ash bread

ash bread noun: bread (sometimes specifically cornbread) baked in hot ashes.

Noun

ash bread (usually uncountable, plural ash breads)

  1. (usually) Bread (sometimes specifically cornbread) baked in hot ashes.
    • […] either lime water or other sodium solutions, which is exactly what Native Americans did in making hominy or ash breads wherever maize was their mainstay.1998, Anne Calcagno, Italy: true stories of life on the road, page 378

Forms of ash bread

pluralash breads

Origin of ash bread

From ash + bread.

Questions about ash bread

What does ash bread mean?
Ash bread means bread (sometimes specifically cornbread) baked in hot ashes.
What part of speech is ash bread?
Ash bread is a noun.
What is the plural of ash bread?
The plural of ash bread is ash breads.

Words near ash bread in the dictionary

  1. ash blonde
  2. ash blondes
  3. ash blonds
  4. ash borer
  5. ash borers
  6. ash bread
  7. ash breads
  8. ash cake
  9. ash cakes
  10. ash cash
  11. ash dieback

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