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BARMBRACK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does barmbrack mean?
• BARMBRACK (noun)
The noun BARMBRACK has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: BARMBRACK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rich currant cake or bun
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("barmbrack" 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)
Domain region:
Emerald Isle; Hibernia; Ireland (an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland)
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