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A form of rusk, usually sweetened bread enriched with eggs that is baked and then sliced and toasted until dry and crisp; considered easy to digest and therefore given to the ill and used as a teething food for toddlers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- Ogden Nash, Adventures Of Isabel She nibbled the zwieback that she always fed off, And when it was gone, she cut the giant's head off.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rusk, Brussels biscuit, twice-baked bread
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: toast
From German Zwieback, from zwie- (“twi-, two-”) + backen (“to bake”) (i.e. “twice-baked”), a calque of Italian biscotto (but not to be confused with it).
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
korppu
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German:
Zwieback
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Icelandic:
tvíbaka
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Italian:
fetta biscottata
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Polish:
suchar
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Romanian:
pesmet
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Russian:
сдобный сухарь
(sdobnyj suxarʹ)
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Turkish:
peksimet
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Ukrainian:
сухар
(suxar)
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