corn bread

noun

: bread made with cornmeal

Examples of corn bread in a Sentence

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View Recipe 04 of 14 Corn Bread Beloved by BHG readers for decades, since it was first published in our red plaid New Cookbook, this classic corn bread recipe is one of our best side dishes for BBQ chicken…and pretty much any cookout or comfort food main dish. Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 July 2024 Chicken and various kinds of quick bread — biscuits, corn bread — is a very Southern thing. Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2024 The half of you who think that sugar has absolutely no place in corn bread. Becky Krystal, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024 What's better than a warm, buttery side of skillet corn bread? Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2023 See all Example Sentences for corn bread 

Word History

First Known Use

1719, in the meaning defined above

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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 14 Nov. 2024.

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corn bread

noun
: bread made with cornmeal

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