[ˈbanək], (Noun)

Definitions:
- (in Scottish and northern English cooking) a flat, unsweetened cake made with oatmeal or barley flour and typically unleavened
(e.g: tablecloths are spread across the heather and weighed down with herring, scones, and bannocks)

- (originally in the cooking of some Indigenous peoples in Canada) a type of bread made with wheat flour, shaped into round, flat cakes and fried or baked
(e.g: students can visit a community elder and grab some bannock)


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English bannuc, of Celtic origin; related to Welsh ban, Breton bannac'h, banne, and Cornish banna ‘a drop’