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bara brith

Syllables: ba·ra brith/ˌbæɹə ˈbɹɪθ/

bara brith noun: a Welsh yeast bread enriched with dried fruit; also, a Welsh fruitcake made with self-raising flour but no yeast.

bara brith: a Welsh yeast bread enriched with dried fruit; also, a Welsh fruitcake made with self-raising flour...
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Noun

bara brith (uncountable)

  1. A Welsh yeast bread enriched with dried fruit; also, a Welsh fruitcake made with self-raising flour but no yeast.
    • Then there was the bun-loaf, or bara brith, one of the grand institutions of Llanfairpwllycrochon. Many were the pains taken over this huge loaf—made large enough to last a week or fortnight, according to the appetites of the juvenile partakers— [...]1878 December 21, R. P. Hampton Roberts, “Christmas Chronicles of Llanfairpwllycrochon”, in Notes and Queries: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, General Readers, etc., volume X (5th...
    • We must go all the same, Shonat anwyl (dear), or else we shall get no bara brith (currant bread) after the tea-parties. And fair play to Mrs. Jones, she does make very good bara brith, and plenty of it—I will say that for her, yes indeed!1899, Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, volume CXVII, London: Richard Bentley, […]; New York, N.Y.: Willmer and Rogers, →OCLC, page 532

Examples of bara brith in a sentence

  • You eat the bara brith in thick slices, spread with butter, at tea-time.1992, Joanna Bogle, “St Patrick”, in A Book of Feasts and Seasons, new edition, Leominster, Herefordshire: Gracewing, published 2002...
  • While bara brith can also be made with yeast, the main requirement is that the cake be speckled with dried fruit steeped for a few hours in tea, rather like a simple fruitcake the Brits so love.2000, Beth Hensperger, “Express-lane Bread: No-yeast Quick Breads”, in Bread Lover’s Bread Machine Cookbook: A Master Baker’s 300 Favorite...
  • A good bara brith always calls for the fruit to be soaked overnight in strong tea.2014, Claire Clark, “Bara Brith: Wales”, in 80 Cakes from around the World, Bath, Somerset: Absolute Press, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN...

Origin of bara brith

Borrowed from Welsh bara brith (literally “speckled bread”), from bara (“bread”) + brith (“brindled, mottled, speckled”).

Words that rhyme with bara brith

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Questions about bara brith

What does bara brith mean?
Bara brith means a Welsh yeast bread enriched with dried fruit; also, a Welsh fruitcake made with self-raising flour but no yeast.
How do you use bara brith in a sentence?
You eat the bara brith in thick slices, spread with butter, at tea-time.
What part of speech is bara brith?
Bara brith is a noun.
How do you pronounce bara brith?
Bara brith is pronounced /ˌbæɹə ˈbɹɪθ/ (UK).

Words near bara brith in the dictionary

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  6. bara brith
  7. Bara-Budur
  8. baraat
  9. baraats
  10. Barabanki
  11. barabara

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