wikipedia|Rusk
English
Etymology
Sp. or Portugese rosca a twist or roll of bread.
Noun
rusk
#a rectangular, hard, dry cracker (food)|biscuit
#* 1719: w:Daniel Defoe|Daniel Defoe, w:Robinson Crusoe|Robinson Crusoe
#*: ...he brought a large basket of rusk or biscuit, and three jars of fresh water, into the boat.
#a twice-baked bread, slices of bread baked until they are hard and crisp (also called a zwieback)
#a childrens weening food
#a cereal binder used in meat product manufacture
Synonyms
Brussels biscuit
twice-baked bread
zwieback
Translations
trans-top| light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
Afrikaans boerebiskuit; biskuit; mosbiskuit
Danish: tvebak, krydder, skorpe
Dutch: beschuit f, scheepsbeschuit f
French: biscotte, biscotin
Greek: �αξιμάδι (paximáthi) n, μ�ι�κ��ο n
German: Zwieback
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Ido: biskoto
Italian: biscotto, fetta biscottata
Russian: (�добн�й / �ладкий) ���а�� ((sdóbnyj / sládkij) sukhár�) m; гале�а (galéta) f
Spanish: bizcocho m, biscote
Swedish: skorpa c
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Category: South African English
Faroese
Pronunciation
IPA|[r�sk]
Noun
rusk n
- waste, rubbish, garbage
Declension
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