Meanings
rusk1
nounrusk (countable and uncountable, plural rusks)
plural rusks
- countableuncountableA rectangular, hard, dry biscuit.
[…] he brought a large basket of rusk or biscuit, and three jars of fresh water, into the boat.
1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC - countableuncountableA twice-baked bread, slices of bread baked until they are hard and crisp; zwieback.
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.
1956, Delano Ames, chapter 25, in Crime out of Mind - countableuncountableA cereal binder used in meat product manufacture.
Rusk2
proper nounRusk (countable and uncountable, plural Rusks)
plural Rusks
- countableuncountableA surname.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Lost River Township, Martin County, Indiana.
- countableuncountableA city, the county seat of Cherokee County, Texas, United States.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia.
- countableuncountableA small town in Burnett County, Wisconsin.
- countableuncountableAn unincorporated community in the town of Red Cedar, Dunn County, Wisconsin.
- countableuncountableA small town in Rusk County, Wisconsin.
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nounslice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp
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Origin
- Portugueserosca“a twist or roll of bread”
- Englishrusk
Borrowed from Spanish or Portuguese rosca (“a twist or roll of bread”)
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans beskuit
- beskuitlight, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
Ancient Greek παξαμᾶς
- παξαμᾶς (paxamâs)light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
Arabic شَابُورَة, بُقْسُمَاط
- شَابُورَة (šābūra)light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
- بُقْسُمَاط (buqsumāṭ)light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
- بَقْصُم (baqṣum)light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
Bulgarian суха́р
- суха́р (suhár)light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
Catalan bescuit
- bescuitlight, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
Chinese Mandarin 麵包乾 /麪包乾 /面包干
- 麵包乾 /麪包乾 /面包干 (miànbāogān)light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
Czech suchar
- sucharlight, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
Danish tvebak, krydder
- tvebaklight, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
- krydderlight, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
- skorpelight, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
Dutch beschuit, scheepsbeschuit
- beschuitlight, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
- scheepsbeschuitlight, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
Esperanto biskoto, toasto
- biskotolight, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
- toastolight, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
Estonian kuivik
- kuiviklight, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
Finnish korppu
- korppulight, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
French biscotte, biscotin
- biscottelight, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
- biscotinlight, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
German Zwieback
- Zwiebacklight, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
Greek παξιμάδι, φρυγανιά
- παξιμάδι (paximádi)light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
- φρυγανιά (fryganiá)light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
Hindi रस्क
- रस्क (rask)light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
Hungarian kétszersült
- kétszersültlight, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
Italian biscotto, fetta biscottata
- biscottolight, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
- fetta biscottatalight, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
Japanese ラスク
- ラスク (rasuku)light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
Korean 러스크
- 러스크 (reoseukeu)light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
Latvian sausiņi
- sausiņilight, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
Lithuanian džiūvėsis, džiūvėsėlis
- džiūvėsislight, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
- džiūvėsėlislight, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
Norwegian Bokmål kavring
- kavringlight, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
Polish suchar
- sucharlight, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
Portuguese torrada
- torradalight, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
Russian суха́рь, гале́та
- суха́рь (suxárʹ)light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
- гале́та (galéta)light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
Slovak suchár
- suchárlight, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
Spanish bizcocho, biscote
- bizcocholight, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
- biscotelight, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
Swedish skorpa
- skorpalight, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
Turkish peksimet
- peksimetlight, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
Ukrainian суха́р
- суха́р (suxár)light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
Vietnamese bích cốt, bít cốt
- bích cốtlight, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
- bít cốtlight, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
Rhymes & wordplay
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