rusk

Etymology

Spanish or Portuguese rosca (“a twist or roll of bread”)

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹʌsk/
• Rhymes: -ʌsk

Noun

rusk (countable and uncountable, plural rusks)

Zwieback

1. a rectangular, hard, dry biscuit
   • 1719: Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe

     […] he brought a large basket of rusk or biscuit, and three jars of fresh water, into the boat.

2. a twice-baked bread, slices of bread baked until they are hard and crisp (also called a zwieback)
   • 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 25, in Crime out of Mind‎:

     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.

3. a weaning food for children
4. a cereal binder used in meat product manufacture

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɹʊsk]

Noun

rusk n (genitive singular rusks, plural rusk)

1. waste, rubbish, garbage

Noun

rusk n (definite singular rusket, indefinite plural rusk, definite plural ruska or ruskene)

1. waste, rubbish, garbage