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rusk^¹

/ɹʌsk/ US, UK
/ɹʊsk/ Northern England

Rhymes with -ʌsk

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

noun rusks

countable, uncountable A rectangular, hard, dry biscuit. […] he brought a large basket of rusk or biscuit, and three jars of fresh water, into the boat.
countable, uncountable A twice-baked bread, slices of bread baked until they are hard and crisp; zwieback. 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.
countable, uncountable A weaning food for children.
countable, uncountable A cereal binder used in meat product manufacture.

Rusk^²

proper noun Rusks

countable, uncountable A surname.
countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Lost River Township, Martin County, Indiana.
countable, uncountable A city, the county seat of Cherokee County, Texas, United States.
countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia.
countable, uncountable A small town in Burnett County, Wisconsin.
countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in the town of Red Cedar, Dunn County, Wisconsin.
countable, uncountable A small town in Rusk County, Wisconsin.

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noun light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven

Español	bizcocho, biscote
한국어	러스크 reoseukeu
日本語	ラスク rasuku
中文	麵包乾 /麪包乾 /面包干 miànbāogān
हिन्दी	रस्क rask
Português	torrada
Français	biscotte, biscotin
Deutsch	Zwieback
Italiano	biscotto, fetta biscottata
Ελληνικά	παξιμάδι paximádi, φρυγανιά fryganiá
Русский	суха́рь suxárʹ, гале́та galéta
Tiếng Việt	bích cốt, bít cốt
العربية	شَابُورَة šābūra, بُقْسُمَاط buqsumāṭ, بَقْصُم baqṣum

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@misc{rusk_2026,
  title = {rusk},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rusk},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}