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ban⋅nock

  [ban-uhk]
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–noun Scottish and British Cookery.
a flat cake made of oatmeal, barley meal, etc., usually baked on a griddle.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME bannok, OE bannuc morsel < British Celtic; cf. ScotGael bannach

Ban⋅nock

  [ban-uhk]
–noun, plural -nocks, (especially collectively) -nock for 1.
1. a member of a North American Indian people formerly of Idaho and Wyoming who merged with the Shoshone in the 19th century, now living primarily in southeastern Idaho.
2. the language of the Bannock, belonging to the Shoshonean group of Uto-Aztecan languages.
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ban·nock   (bān'ək)   
n.  

  1. A flat, usually unleavened bread made of oatmeal or barley flour.

  2. Northern U.S., especially New England Thin cornbread baked on a griddle.


[Middle English bannok, from Old English bannuc, of Celtic origin.]
Ban·nock   (bān'ək)   
n.   pl. Bannock or Ban·nocks

    1. A Native American people inhabiting southeast Idaho and western Wyoming.

    2. A member of this people.

  2. The variety of Northern Paiute spoken by the Bannock.

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bannock

flat, sometimes unleavened bread eaten primarily in Scotland. Although most commonly made of oats, bannocks of barley, ground dried peas, and a combination of grains are sometimes encountered. Selkirk bannock is made from wheat flour and contains fruit

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