bannock

¹

[ ban-uhk ]

noun

, Scottish and British Cooking.

1. a flat cake made of oatmeal, barley meal, etc., usually baked on a griddle.

Bannock

²

[ ban-uhk ]

noun

, plural Ban·nocks, (especially collectively) Ban·nock

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.

bannock

/ ˈbænək /

noun

1. a round flat unsweetened cake originating in Scotland, made from oatmeal or barley and baked on a griddle

Word History and Origins

Origin of bannock¹

before 1000; Middle English bannok, Old English bannuc morsel < British Celtic; compare Scots Gaelic bannach

Word History and Origins

Origin of bannock¹

Old English bannuc ; of Celtic origin; compare Gaelic bannach , Cornish banna a drop, bit; perhaps related to Latin pānicium , from pānis bread

Example Sentences

Your selections include smoked salmon panini, venison chili, xuxem berry tea, dessert bars and bannock doughnuts.

From Seattle Times

The darker and colder climates of the north were more favorable to cereals like rye and oats, which found their way into flatbreads, baked crackers and bannocks — “soft, round biscuity flatbreads cooked over fire.”

From New York Times

The family scrounged a potato, sometimes, a bit of bannock.

From Literature

If thou’rt to call upon her she would bake thee a bannock.”

From Literature

Afterward, we broke bannock bread with our new friends, dogs swirling at our feet and a fire crackling in the wood-burning stove.

From Seattle Times