cornbread

/ˌkɔrnˈbrɛd/

/ˈkɔnbrɛd/

Definitions of cornbread

1. noun

   bread made primarily of cornmeal
   types:

   corn cake

   baked in a pan or on a griddle (southern and midland)

   skillet corn bread

   cornbread usually containing ham or bacon bits and cooked in a skillet

   ash cake, ashcake, corn tash

   corn bread wrapped in cabbage leaves and baked in hot ashes (southern)

   cornpone, pone

   cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern)

   corn dab, corn dodger, dodger

   small oval cake of corn bread baked or fried (chiefly southern)

   hush puppy, hushpuppy

   deep-fried cornbread ball (southern)

   johnny cake, johnnycake, journey cake

   cornbread usually cooked pancake-style on a griddle (chiefly New England)

   batter bread, spoon bread

   soft bread made of cornmeal and sometimes rice or hominy; must be served with a spoon (chiefly southern)

   hoecake

   thin usually unleavened johnnycake made of cornmeal; originally baked on the blade of a hoe over an open fire (southern)

   Shawnee cake

   form of johnnycake

   type of:

   quick bread

   breads made with a leavening agent that permits immediate baking