soda bread

noun

: a quick bread made especially with buttermilk and leavened with baking soda

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The center will also offer sessions with a genealogy expert, lectures on Irish history and traditional Irish beer and cuisine, including Guinness stew, corned beef sandwiches, soda bread and more. Haadiza Ogwude, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 Mar. 2026 Irish soda bread warms gently in the oven. Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 4 Mar. 2026 Subcategories include best gluten-free Irish soda bread, most unique and best vegan irish soda bread, and each winner gets a $25 gift certificate. Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026 Guests tucked into slabs of soda bread with lashings of butter and chicken pot pie, washed down by flights of Baileys on ice and second helpings from a trifle cart. Freya Drohan, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for soda bread

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of soda bread was in 1850

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“Soda bread.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soda%20bread. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.

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