/ English Dictionary |
HOECAKE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thin usually unleavened johnnycake made of cornmeal; originally baked on the blade of a hoe over an open fire (southern)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("hoecake" is a kind of...):
johnny cake; johnnycake; journey cake (cornbread usually cooked pancake-style on a griddle (chiefly New England))
Meronyms (substance of "hoecake"):
cornmeal; Indian meal (coarsely ground corn)
Domain region:
South (the region of the United States lying to the south of the Mason-Dixon line)