"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: Borrowed from Spanish or Portuguese rosca (“a twist or roll of bread”) Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|es|-}} Borrowed from Spanish, {{bor|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
  4. a cereal binder used in meat product manufacture Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-rusk-en-noun-oVo84mlb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Brussels biscuit, twice-baked bread, zwieback

Inflected forms

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    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
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          "ref": "1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC:",
          "text": "[…] he brought a large basket of rusk or biscuit, and three jars of fresh water, into the boat.",
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        }
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        "a rectangular, hard, dry biscuit"
      ],
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      ]
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        {
          "ref": "1956, Delano Ames, chapter 25, in Crime out of Mind:",
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        "uncountable"
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "a weaning food for children"
      ],
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        [
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          "weaning"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a cereal binder used in meat product manufacture"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ɹʌsk/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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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"
    },
    {
      "code": "acw",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šābūra",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "tags": [
        "Hijazi-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "شابورة"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "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"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "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"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "rusk"
  ],
  "word": "rusk"
}

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