hardtack
hardtack · hardtacks
галета
сухарь
Hartkeks, Schiffszwieback, Zwieback
A large, hard biscuit made from unleavened flour and waterA large, hard biscuit made from unleavened flour and water; formerly used as a long-term staple food aboard ships.
» Sailors were forced to eat hardtack biscuits on long journeys across the sea.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A large, hard biscuit made from unleavened flour and water; formerly used as a long-term staple food aboard ships.
Meronym: reefer's nut
Hartkeks, Schiffszwieback, Zwieback
суха́рьsuxárʹ
галетаhaleta
very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple
Examples
1 sentencesSailors were forced to eat hardtack biscuits on long journeys across the sea.
Translations
9 languagesУкраїнська
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Русский
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Deutsch
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Origin
From hard + tack.From hard + tack.
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Forms
plural: hardtacksSynonyms
11 synonymspilot biscuitpilot breadsea biscuitsea breadship's biscuitship biscuitship breadAnzac wafersheet irontooth dullerworm castle
Close in meaning
- very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple:pilot biscuitpilot breadsea biscuitship biscuit
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable