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Definition: Zwieback |
ZwiebackNoun1. Slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "zwieback" was first used: 1894. (references) |
Etymology: Zwieback \Zwie"back`\, noun. [German expression, from zwie- two, twice (see Twice) backen to bake.]. (references) |
Synonyms: ZwiebackSynonyms: rusk (n), twice-baked bread (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Zwieback |
| Non-English Usage: "Zwieback" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. German (biscuit, cookie, rusk, zwieback). |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
zwieback | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "zwieback"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | البقسماط. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | вид сухар. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | نان سوخاری نان خشک تخم مرغ دار. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | biscotte. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Zwieback (biscuit, cookie, rusk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | είδοσ παξιμαδιού. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | צ ים (biscuit, rusk, toast). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kétszersült (biscuit, rusk, sea biscuit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pane abbrustolito (toast). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iebackzway torrada (bicuit, toast, toasted). (various references) сдобный сухарь. (various references) dvopek (biscuit, melba toast). (various references) bizgocho hecho con huevos. (various references) skorpa (biscuit, crust, rusk, scab). (various references) здобний сухар. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| German | 100 BCE-Modern | Zweiback. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "zwieback": zwiebacks. (additional references) | |
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"Zwieback" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Swinbank. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-i-k-w-z" | |
-3 letters: baize, ceiba, wacke. | |
-4 letters: back, bake, beak, beck, bice, bike, bize, cake, kibe, wack, wake, weak, weka, wick. | |
-5 letters: ace, awe, biz, cab, caw, ice, ick, kab, kae, kea, wab, wae, web, wiz, zek. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-i-k-w-z" | |
+1 letter: zwiebacks. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Translations: Ancient 7. Derivations 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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