rusk
rusk · rusks
сухар
сухарь, галета
Zwieback
A rectangular, hard, dry biscuitA rectangular, hard, dry biscuit.
/ɹʌsk/
» A rusk is a kind of hard biscuit or bread.
zhoucantd · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)A rectangular, hard, dry biscuit.
(countable, uncountable)A twice-baked bread, slices of bread baked until they are hard and crisp; zwieback.
Zwieback
суха́рьsuxárʹ, гале́таgaléta
суха́рsuxár
slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp
(countable, uncountable)A weaning food for children.
(countable, uncountable)A cereal binder used in meat product manufacture.
Examples
1 sentencesA rusk is a kind of hard biscuit or bread.
Translations
9 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven:
Русский
By meaning 1
light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven:
Origin
Borrowed from Spanish or Portuguese rosca (“a twist or roll of bread”)Borrowed from Spanish or Portuguese rosca (“a twist or roll of bread”)
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Forms
plural: rusksSynonyms
3 synonymstwice-baked breadzwiebackBrussels biscuit
Close in meaning
- slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp:zwiebackBrussels biscuittwice-baked bread
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedrusked
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable