corn bread

noun

: bread made with cornmeal

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Add this jalapeño-spiked seasoning mix to your next batch of corn bread. Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Feb. 2025 Blackburn makes mixes for muffins and corn bread and stores them in a big gallon glass jug — preserving them for a longer time. Ashley J. Dimella Fox News, Fox News, 16 Feb. 2025 Ina Garten's favorite dishes to serve with this chicken chili are guacamole, corn bread, and her baked chocolate pudding. Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2025 And if all else fails, there’s always delicious baked goods like corn bread and corn cakes. Caroline Tien, SELF, 8 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for corn bread

Word History

First Known Use

1719, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of corn bread was in 1719

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“Corn bread.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corn%20bread. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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corn bread

noun
: bread made with cornmeal

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