"frybread" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɹaɪˌbɹɛd/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-frybread.wav Forms: frybreads [plural], fry bread [alternative]
Etymology: From fry + bread. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fry|bread}} fry + bread Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} frybread (usually uncountable, plural frybreads)
  1. (Western US) Fried bread. Tags: US, Western, uncountable, usually Synonyms: Baptist cakes, dough gob, dough goddy, doughbelly, doughboy, fried dough, holy poke, huffjuffs, puffy sticks, scone Translations (food): myála sílva (Havasupai-Walapai-Yavapai), tsʼííłiłii (Jicarilla), dah díníilghaazh (Navajo), zaasakokwede (Ojibwe), zaasakokwaan (Ojibwe), washínzhegthon (Omaha-Ponca), 𐓷𐓘𐓲𐓶́𐓟 𐓷𐓟́𐓧𐓣 (Osage), 𐓷𐓘𐓲𐓶́𐓟 𐓤𐓘̄𐓮𐓲𐓶́ (Osage), жа́реный хлеб (žárenyj xleb) [masculine] (Russian), waisgap taxere (Winnebago), alatiq (Yup'ik)

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Alternative forms

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