soda bread

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Definition of soda bread in English English dictionary

Bread made using sour milk and baking soda as a rising agent, rather than yeast; common in Ireland

A quick bread leavened with baking soda and buttermilk or sour milk

Related Terms

bread soda

Sodium bicarbonate, bicarb soda

irish soda bread

round loaf made with soda and buttermilk; often containing caraway seeds and raisins

Hyphenation

so·da bread

Turkish pronunciation

sōdı bred

Pronunciation

/ˈsōdə ˈbred/ /ˈsoʊdə ˈbrɛd/

Etymology

[ 'sO-d& ] (noun.) 1558. Italian, from Arabic suwwAd, any of several saltworts from the ashes of which sodium carbonate is obtained.