hardtack
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hardtack
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From hard + tack.
noun hardtacks · hard tack
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A large, hard biscuit made from unleavened flour and water; formerly used as a long-term staple food aboard ships.
Meronym: reefer's nut
Similar: pilot biscuit, pilot bread, sea biscuit, sea bread, ship's biscuit, ship biscuit, ship bread, Anzac wafer, sheet iron, tooth duller, worm castle
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noun hard biscuit
| Español | galleta náutica |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 건빵 geonppang |
| 日本語 | 堅パン katapan, 乾パン kanpan |
| 中文 | 硬麵餅 /硬面饼 yìng miànbǐng, 硬麵包 /硬面包 yìng miànbāo, 壓縮餅乾 /压缩饼干 yāsuō bǐnggān |
| Português | biscoito de bordo, biscoito de navio, biscoito do mar |
| Français | biscuit de mer, galette |
| Deutsch | Hartkeks, Schiffszwieback, Zwieback |
| Italiano | galletta |
| Русский | суха́рь suxárʹ |
| עברית | פכסם pakhsam, מַצִּיָּה matsiya, פַּכְסַם מַלָּחִים pakhsam malakhim |
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