rusk

¹

[ruhsk]

noun

1. a slice of sweet raised bread dried and baked again in the oven; zwieback.

2. light, soft, sweetened biscuit.

Rusk

²

[ruhsk]

noun

1. (David) Dean, 1909–94, U.S. statesman: secretary of state 1961–69.

Rusk

¹

/ rʌsk /

noun

1. ( David ) Dean . 1909–94, US statesman: secretary of state (1961–69). He defended US military involvement in Vietnam and opposed recognition of communist China

rusk

²

/ rʌsk /

noun

1. a light bread dough, sweet or plain, baked twice until it is brown, hard, and crisp: often given to babies

Word History and Origins

Origin of Rusk¹

1585–95; alteration Spanish or Portuguese rosca twist of bread, literally, screw

Word History and Origins

Origin of Rusk¹

C16: from Spanish or Portuguese rosca screw, bread shaped in a twist, of unknown origin

Example Sentences

At 2 p.m., the diners — a flock of white parrots known as Goffin’s cockatoos — receive an assortment of dried fruit, seeds, cornflakes, bird pellets and a dry, twice-baked toast known as rusk or zwieback.

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Some restaurants will also serve breakfast with fruit pudding, a mix of flour, rusk, oatmeal and fruit.

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If you try to monkey with it too much from a later perspective you run the rusk of muddying the waters.

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I haven't eaten meat since - mac and cheese, green grapes and baby rusks have become my staples.

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Biscuits went by unappetizing names such as hardtack, rusks and ship’s biscuits, their durability their main asset.

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Related Words

• biscuit 
• cookie 
• pretzel