Meaning of hoecake | Babel Free
Definitions
A type of cornbread or cornmeal cake, made with water and salt. It was originally baked before the fire or in the ashes on a type of iron pan called a hoe; in modern times, it is fried in cooking oil in a skillet.
Southern-US, dated
Equivalents
Ελληνικά
μπομπότα
Examples
“In Jean Fritz's children's book George Washington's Breakfast, the protagonist finds out that George Washington may have⟳ eaten hoecakes for breakfast.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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