ash bread en · NOUN
Etymology
From ash + bread.
Meanings
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(uncountable, 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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ash breads | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Translations (2)
de Aschenbrot (bread baked in ashes — see also ash cake) · pl placek pieczony w popiele (bread baked in ashes — see also ash cake)