rusk

CEFRB2

/ɹʌsk/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small hard dry biscuit or twice-baked piece of bread.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A twice-baked bread, slices of bread baked until they are hard and crisp; zwieback.

Examples

  • A rusk is a type of hard and twice-baked bread or biscuit.

  • The baby chewed happily on a hard teething rusk.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A weaning food for children.

  2. a rectangular, hard, dry biscuit

  3. A cereal binder used in meat product manufacture.

More examples

In context

  • The baby enjoyed eating a hard and crunchy wheat rusk.

  • […] he brought a large basket of rusk or biscuit, and three jars of fresh water, into the boat.

Synonyms

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The baby chewed on a hard, dry blank to soothe his gums during teething.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Spanish or Portuguese rosca (“a twist or roll of bread”)