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SIMNEL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fruitcake (sometimes covered with almond paste) eaten at mid-Lent or Easter or Christmas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("simnel" is a kind of...):
fruitcake (a rich cake containing dried fruit and nuts and citrus peel and so on)
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A crisp bread of fine white flour
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("simnel" is a kind of...):
bread; breadstuff; staff of life (food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked)
