soda bread

noun

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

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What: This two-day event features Irish music and dances, a children's festival, a genealogy expert, lectures on Irish history, and authentic Irish dishes, such as Guinness stew, corned beef sandwiches, homemade scones, soda bread and more. Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 5 Mar. 2024 Served up with a cube of Hoyne’s grandmother’s soda bread. Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2025 Mary O’Halloran mixes her next batch of soda bread batter for customers waiting in the store. Maya Eaglin, NBC News, 15 Mar. 2025 The bakery also has seasonal items such as Irish soda bread and Bailey’s Irish Cream Moose Cake for the upcoming St. Patrick’s Day weekend. Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 13 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for soda bread

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 21 Apr. 2025.

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