Used in a Sentence

cornbread

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for cornbread.

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You'd be amazed what can be done with cornbread and cornbread batter, but you have to make your own from cornmeal, the mixes in the store use flour as a binder.

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Quick take

(US) Bread made from cornmeal.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of cornbread gathered in one view.

noun

(US) Bread made from cornmeal.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for cornbread.

noun

(US) Bread made from cornmeal.

Example sentences

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You'd be amazed what can be done with cornbread and cornbread batter, but you have to make your own from cornmeal, the mixes in the store use flour as a binder.

2

After all, if you don't give that cornbread a minute or two to settle and cool, you'll burn your tongue.

3

This is a different kind of cornbread, not highly sweetened, low in fat and high in fiber, but very tasty.

4

If you don't bake your cornbread in a cast iron skillet, you're Doing It Wrong™.

5

He have had cornbread burger buns and they're not as bad as they might sound...

6

I've never actually managed to have dough breads turn out right, but my sourdough pancakes and cornbread are ok.

7

Things we do in cast-iron that we don't do in the All Clad pan: make cornbread, sear steaks, grill vegetables outdoors.

8

I'm of the impression that proper southern cornbread is the version without sugar (as well as cooked in a preheated cast iron skillet that goes back into the oven), whereas northern cornbread has sugar.

9

This caused me problems when I tried to make cornbread on my own for the first time after moving north for college.

10

But having grown up in the south, and still living there, I've never known it to be commonplace to make cornbread sweet here.

11

, sweet ice tea, collard greens and cornbread and sat there for three hours listening to background jazz music.

12

I loathe sweet cornbread, but 1 tsp honey didn't make it sweet to the taste and may have helped it get a nice crust.

Quote examples

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Used to match the page and gave proper context: "page load fail makes it difficult to cook cornbread in the woodstove"

2

Downvote!" In this case, though, "cornbread" was right there in the title when we started sharing our recipes last night, and the original article talks about baking cornbread and links to a recipe.

3

I often read the HN threads before looking at the original article, and I can easily imagine reading these comments after the title change and thinking, "Why are these people talking about cornbread recipes?

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Only crazy people put sugar in cornbread: 10" round (iron) skillet 2 eggs 1 cup milk 1/4 cup cooking oil 3/4 teaspoon salt 4 teaspoons baking powder (not baking soda) 1 cup yellow cornmeal 1 cup unbleached white flour (or 1/2 whole wheat + 1/2 white) Preheat oven to 400 degrees: In a large bowl, beat together the eggs, milk, oil and salt until well blended.

Proper noun examples

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I won't be able to reproduce this bug until February, and even then it will be Parkin (a form of cake made with oats) rather than Cornbread.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use cornbread in a sentence?

You'd be amazed what can be done with cornbread and cornbread batter, but you have to make your own from cornmeal, the mixes in the store use flour as a binder.

What does cornbread mean?

(US) Bread made from cornmeal.

What part of speech is cornbread?

cornbread is commonly used as noun.