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rusk
(rʌsk)
Word forms: plural rusks
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Rusks are hard, dry biscuits that are given to babies and young children.
[mainly British]rusk in British English
(rʌsk)
noun
a light bread dough, sweet or plain, baked twice until it is brown, hard, and crisp: often given to babies
Word origin
C16: from Spanish or Portuguese rosca screw, bread shaped in a twist, of unknown originRusk in British English
(rʌsk)
noun
(David) Dean. 1909–94, US statesman: secretary of state (1961–69). He defended US military involvement in Vietnam and opposed recognition of communist China
rusk in American English
(rʌsk)
noun
1.
sweet, raised bread or cake toasted in an oven, or baked a second time, after slicing, until browned and crisp
2.
a piece of this
Word origin
Sp rosca, twisted roll of bread, lit., a spiral < VL *rosicare, to gnawImage ofrusk
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biscuitIn other languagesrusk
British English: rusk /rʌsk/ NOUN
Rusks are hard, dry biscuits that are given to babies and young children.
- American English: zwieback toast
- Arabic: بُقْسُماط
- Brazilian Portuguese: sequilho
- Chinese: 甜饼干
- Croatian: dvopek
- Czech: dětský suchar
- Danish: tvebak
- Dutch: beschuit
- European Spanish: galleta crujiente
- Finnish: korppu
- French: biscotte
- German: Zwieback
- Greek: παξιμάδι
- Italian: biscotto
- Japanese: ラスク
- Korean: 러스크
- Norwegian: kavring
- Polish: sucharek
- European Portuguese: biscoito
- Romanian: pesmet
- Russian: сухарь
- Latin American Spanish: galleta crujiente
- Swedish: skorpa
- Thai: ขนมปังกรอบที่ใช้เลี้ยงเด็ก
- Turkish: bebe bisküvisi
- Ukrainian: сухар
- Vietnamese: bánh quy
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