breadstick

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/ˈbɹɛdˌstɪk/

noun

A long, very slender loaf of crisp bread smaller than a baguette; for example, grissini from Italy and rosquilletas from Spain.

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bread-stick
OriginEnglish stick ← Middle English stikke ← Old English sticca →
RareScrabble 19
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Meanings

nounbreadstick (plural breadsticks)

plural breadsticks · alternative bread-stick

  1. A long, very slender loaf of crisp bread smaller than a baguette; for example, grissini from Italy and rosquilletas from Spain.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna crisp stick-shaped roll; often served with soup

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bread-stick
Broader
breadbreadstuffstaff of life

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰrewh₁-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*braudą
  3. Proto-West Germanic*braud
  4. Old Englishbrēad
  5. Middle Englishbred
  6. Englishbread
  7. Proto-Indo-European*(s)teyg-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*stignéh₂-
  9. Proto-Germanic*stikkōną
  10. Proto-Germanic*stikkô
  11. Proto-West Germanic*stikkō
  12. Old Englishsticca
  13. Middle Englishstikke
  14. Englishstick
  15. Englishbreadstick

From bread + stick.

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Translations

Arabic عُود الخُبْز
  • عُود الخُبْز (ʕūd al-ḵubz)slender loaf of crisp bread
Bulgarian гризи́на
  • гризи́на (grizína)slender loaf of crisp bread
Chinese Mandarin 麵包棒 /面包棒, 麪包棒 /面包棒
  • 麵包棒 /面包棒slender loaf of crisp bread
  • 麪包棒 /面包棒 (miànbāo bàng)slender loaf of crisp bread
Danish brødstang
  • brødstangslender loaf of crisp bread
Dutch soepstengel, broodstengel
  • soepstengelslender loaf of crisp bread
  • broodstengelslender loaf of crisp bread
Finnish leipätikku, grissini
  • leipätikkuslender loaf of crisp bread
  • grissinislender loaf of crisp bread
French gressin, grissini
  • gressinslender loaf of crisp bread
  • grissinislender loaf of crisp bread
German Grissini
  • Grissinislender loaf of crisp bread
Greek κριτσίνι
  • κριτσίνι (kritsíni)slender loaf of crisp bread
Hebrew גריסיני
  • גריסיני (grisíni)slender loaf of crisp bread
Irish cipín, cipín aráin
  • cipínslender loaf of crisp bread
  • cipín aráinslender loaf of crisp bread
Italian grissino
  • grissinoslender loaf of crisp bread
Japanese グリッシーニ, スティックパン
  • グリッシーニ (gurisshīni)slender loaf of crisp bread
  • スティックパン (sutikku-pan)slender loaf of crisp bread
Korean 막대빵
  • 막대빵 (makdaeppang)slender loaf of crisp bread
Polish paluszek, grissini
  • paluszekslender loaf of crisp bread
  • grissinislender loaf of crisp bread
  • paluchslender loaf of crisp bread
Portuguese gressino
  • gressinoslender loaf of crisp bread
Russian грисси́ни, хле́бная па́лочка
  • грисси́ни (grissíni)slender loaf of crisp bread
  • хле́бная па́лочка (xlébnaja páločka)slender loaf of crisp bread
Spanish rosquilleta, grisín
  • rosquilletaslender loaf of crisp bread
  • grisínslender loaf of crisp bread
  • palillo de panslender loaf of crisp bread
  • palito de panslender loaf of crisp bread
  • colínslender loaf of crisp bread
  • picoslender loaf of crisp bread
  • palitroqueslender loaf of crisp bread
  • palitoqueslender loaf of crisp bread
Swedish grissini
  • grissinislender loaf of crisp bread
Vietnamese bánh mì que
  • bánh mì queslender loaf of crisp bread
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

“breadstick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breadstick. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “breadstick,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/breadstick.

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