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Word entry · 8 letters

zwieback

Best crossword clue

"Crisp sweet toast"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPart of speech nounSorted abceikwzStarts with ZEnds with K1 clues
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Definitions

  1. slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp

Word origin

From German Zwieback, from zwie- (“twi-, two-”) + backen (“to bake”) (i.e. “twice-baked”), a calque of Italian biscotto (but not to be confused with it).

Used in a sentence

  • Ogden Nash, Adventures Of Isabel She nibbled the zwieback that she always fed off, And when it was gone, she cut the giant's head off.

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