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spoon bread

spoon bread is the alternative spelling of spoonbread.

Meaning of spoonbread

Noun

spoonbread (countable and uncountable, plural spoonbreads)

  1. (Southern US) Bread made from corn and eggs, of a soft consistency such that it is served with a spoon.
    • Black folk ain't goin' to be free, they ain't goin' to have no spoonbread and sweet cider less'n they studies to love they own selves.1967, William Styron, The Confessions of Nat Turner, Vintage, published 2004, page 303
  2. (Midwestern-US) Corn pudding.

Forms of spoon bread

pluralspoon breads

Questions about spoon bread

What is spoon bread the alternative spelling of?
Spoon bread is the alternative spelling of spoonbread.

Words near spoon bread in the dictionary

  1. spooming
  2. spooms
  3. spoon
  4. spoon bowl
  5. spoon bowls
  6. spoon bread
  7. spoon breads
  8. spoon chime
  9. spoon chimes
  10. spoon excavator
  11. spoon excavators

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