"rusk" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɹʌsk/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rusk.wav Forms: rusks [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌsk Etymology: Spanish or Portuguese rosca (“a twist or roll of bread”) Etymology templates: {{uder|en|es|-}} Spanish, {{uder|en|pt|rosca||a twist or roll of bread}} Portuguese rosca (“a twist or roll of bread”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} rusk (countable and uncountable, plural rusks)
  1. a rectangular, hard, dry biscuit Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-rusk-en-noun-cn8Emp6E
  2. a twice-baked bread, slices of bread baked until they are hard and crisp (also called a zwieback) Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven): beskuit (Afrikaans), παξαμᾶς (paxamâs) (Ancient Greek), شابورة (šābūra) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), сухар (suhar) [masculine] (Bulgarian), bescuit [masculine] (Catalan), 面包干 (Chinese Mandarin), suchar [masculine] (Czech), tvebak (Danish), krydder (Danish), skorpe (Danish), beschuit [feminine] (Dutch), scheepsbeschuit [feminine] (Dutch), biskoto (Esperanto), toasto (Esperanto), korppu (Finnish), biscotte (French), biscotin (French), biscota [feminine] (Galician), Zwieback (German), παξιμάδι (paximádi) [neuter] (Greek), φρυγανιά (fryganiá) [feminine] (Greek), biskoto (Ido), biscotto (Italian), fetta biscottata (Italian), sausiņi [masculine, plural] (Latvian), سوخاری (suxâri) (Persian), suchar [masculine] (Polish), torrada [feminine] (Portuguese), сухарь (alt: (sdóbnyj / sládkij) sukhár’) [masculine] (Russian), галета (galéta) [feminine] (Russian), bizcocho [masculine] (Spanish), biscote (Spanish), skorpa [common-gender] (Swedish), peksimet (Turkish), сухар (suxar) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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  3. a weaning food for children Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-rusk-en-noun-cf2WTlTN Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 7 43 39 11
  4. a cereal binder used in meat product manufacture Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-rusk-en-noun-oVo84mlb Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 7 43 39 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Brussels biscuit, twice-baked bread, zwieback

Inflected forms

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    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Latvian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations"
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      "name": "uder"
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        "3": "rosca",
        "4": "",
        "5": "a twist or roll of bread"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "a rectangular, hard, dry biscuit"
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        {
          "ref": "1956, Delano Ames, chapter 25, in Crime out of Mind",
          "text": "A newly-arrived couple at the next table […] admitted that “this was more like” and that if the Alpenrose could also produce a proper cup of tea it would be just like home. Bill Andreyef, who was eating a lightly-boiled egg and a rusk, regarded the other diners with resentment.",
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      "glosses": [
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        "countable",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "a cereal binder used in meat product manufacture"
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "word": "Brussels biscuit"
    },
    {
      "word": "twice-baked bread"
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      "word": "zwieback"
    }
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "word": "beskuit"
    },
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      "code": "acw",
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      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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      "roman": "suhar",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сухар"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bescuit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "word": "面包干"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "suchar"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "word": "tvebak"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "word": "krydder"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "word": "skorpe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "beschuit"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "scheepsbeschuit"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "word": "biskoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "word": "toasto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "word": "korppu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "word": "biscotte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "word": "biscotin"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "biscota"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "word": "Zwieback"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "paximádi",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "παξιμάδι"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fryganiá",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "φρυγανιά"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "paxamâs",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "word": "παξαμᾶς"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "word": "biskoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "word": "biscotto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "word": "fetta biscottata"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "sausiņi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "suxâri",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "word": "سوخاری"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "suchar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "torrada"
    },
    {
      "alt": "(sdóbnyj / sládkij) sukhár’",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сухарь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "galéta",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "галета"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bizcocho"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "word": "biscote"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "skorpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "word": "peksimet"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "suxar",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сухар"
    }
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    "rusk"
  ],
  "word": "rusk"
}
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  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": сдобный / сладкий vs. (sdóbnyj / sládkij) sukhár’",
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