lebkuchen
/ˈleɪbkuːk(ə)n
/noun (plural same)
A type of biscuit with a cake-like texture, typically glazed and containing spices and honey.It was a small cake, some kind of lebkuchen....
- His lebkuchen slipped from his fingers and shattered on the floor.
- There is a very good German bakery in Edinburgh, but his lebkuchen are very expensive, and I have to feed about 20 people.
Origin
German Lebkuchen, from Kuchen 'cake'; the origin of the first element is uncertain.
Rhymes
- berseem clover
- berserk
- berserker
- berth
- bertha
- berthing
- Bertillon, Alphonse
- Bertolucci, Bernardo
- be running on empty
- be run off one's feet
- be rushed (or run) off one's feet
- Berwickshire
- Berwick-upon-Tweed
- Berwyn
- beryl
- berylliosis
- beryllium
- Berzelius, Jöns Jakob
- Bes
- Besant, Annie
- Besançon
- be saved by the bell
- Beschloss, Michael
- beseech
- beseecher