HOECAKE

Pronunciation (US):

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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)

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