fried bread

noun

A Native American food, found throughout the United States, a leavened flat dough fried or deep-fried in oil, shortening, or lard.

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fry breadbannock
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Meanings

nounfried bread (usually uncountable, plural fried breads)

plural fried breads · alternative frybread · alternative fry bread

  1. USuncountableusuallyA Native American food, found throughout the United States, a leavened flat dough fried or deep-fried in oil, shortening, or lard.

    Synonyms: fry bread, bannock

  2. UKuncountableusuallyBread sliced and fried in oil, part of a full English breakfast.

    Breakfast was an equally prodigious event: mushrooms, tomatoes, more kidneys, fried bread, black pudding.

    1996, Condé Nast's Traveler (volume 31, page 128)

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA Native American food, found throughout the United States, a leavened flat dough fried or deep-fried in oil, shortening, or lard.

Similar
fry breadbannock
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APA

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MLA

“fried bread.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fried%20bread. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fried bread,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fried%20bread.

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