"shortbread" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shortbread.wav [Southern-England] Forms: shortbreads [plural]
Etymology: short (“brittle, of pastry”) + bread. Etymology templates: {{af|en|short|bread|gloss1=brittle, of pastry}} short (“brittle, of pastry”) + bread Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} shortbread (countable and uncountable, plural shortbreads)
  1. A type of biscuit (cookie), popular in Britain, traditionally made from one part sugar, two parts butter and three parts flour. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Desserts Derived forms: millionaire shortbread Translations (biscuit): brosbrood (Afrikaans), နံကထိုင် (namka.htuing) (Burmese), 奶油酥餅 (Chinese Cantonese), 奶油酥饼 (Chinese Cantonese), 奶油酥餅 (Chinese Mandarin), 奶油酥饼 (Chinese Mandarin), zandkoekje [neuter] (Dutch), murokeksi (Finnish), sablé [masculine] (French), Butterkeks [masculine] (German), שורטברד (Hebrew), frollino [masculine] (Italian), ショートブレッド (shōtobureddo) (Japanese), サブレー (saburē) (Japanese), ಗರುಗ ರೊಟ್ಟಿ (garuga roṭṭi) (Kannada), ಬೆಣ್ಣೆ ಬಿಸ್ಕತ್ತು (beṇṇe biskattu) (Kannada), 쇼트브레드 (syoteubeuredeu) (Korean), песочное печенье (pesočnoje pečenʹje) (Russian), shortbreid (Scots), mördegskaka (Swedish)

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