Spoonbread

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈspuːnbɹɛd/

Alternative forms

• spoon bread

Origin

From spoon + bread.

Full definition of spoonbread

Noun

1. (Southern US) Bread made from corn and eggs, of a soft consistency such that it is served with a spoon.
• 1967, William Styron, The Confessions of Nat Turner, Vintage 2004, p. 303:Black folk ain't goin' to be free, they ain't goin' to have no spoonbread and sweet cider less'n they studies to love they own selves.

Synonyms

• egg bread