shortbread

English

Etymology

From short (“brittle, of pastry”) +‎ bread.

Pronunciation

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Noun

shortbread (countable and uncountable, plural shortbreads)

1. A type of biscuit (cookie), popular in Britain, traditionally made from one part sugar, two parts butter and three parts flour.

Derived terms

• double shortbread
• millionaire shortbread

Translations

biscuit

Afrikaans: brosbrood Burmese: နံကထိုင် (my) (namka.htuing) Chinese: Cantonese: 奶油酥餅 / 奶油酥饼 Mandarin: 奶油酥餅 / 奶油酥饼 Dutch: zandkoekje (nl) n Finnish: pikkuleipä (fi) French: sablé (fr) m German: Butterkeks (de) m Hebrew: שורטברד Italian: frollino (it) m Japanese: ショートブレッド (ja) (shōtobureddo), サブレー (saburē) Kannada: ಗರುಗ ರೊಟ್ಟಿ (kn) (garuga roṭṭi), ಬೆಣ್ಣೆ ಬಿಸ್ಕತ್ತು (kn) (beṇṇe biskattu) Korean: 쇼트브레드 (syoteubeuredeu) Polish: kruche ciasteczko maślane n Russian: песочное печенье (pesočnoje pečenʹje) Scots: shortbreid Swedish: mördegskaka c

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• shortbread on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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