zwieback
A form of rusk, usually sweetened bread enriched with eggs that is baked and then…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.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)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.
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.
Zwieback
сдобный сухарьsdobnyj suxarʹ
сухарsuxar
- slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp
Translations
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Origin
From German Zwieback, from zwie- (“twi-, two-”) + backen (“to bake”) (i.e. “twice-baked”),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).
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Forms
plural: zwiebacksSynonyms
3 synonyms- slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp:ruskBrussels biscuittwice-baked bread
Lessons for this word
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