Definition
millcake
noun
- a cake or bread made from grain ground at a mill, or a flat cake of meal or flour
Usage: chiefly historical or regional
Examples
- The miller's wife baked millcakes from the freshly ground wheat.
- In colonial times, millcakes were a staple food made from cornmeal.
- The recipe called for millcake flour mixed with water and salt.
- Families would gather to share warm millcakes at harvest time.