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crispbread

crispbread noun: a type of flat, dry bread or cracker, usually baked of rye flour, popular in the Nordic countries.

crispbread: a type of flat, dry bread or cracker, usually baked of rye flour, popular in the Nordic countries
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Noun

crispbread (countable and uncountable, plural crispbreads)

  1. A type of flat, dry bread or cracker, usually baked of rye flour, popular in the Nordic countries.
    • She describes how Irina, left at home during one of Lawrence’s extended business trips, feels herself turning “into one of those dry Scandinavian crispbreads that never have enough salt.”2007 March 9, Michiko Kakutani, “Ladies’ Choice: Snooker or Security?”, in New York Times

Forms of crispbread

pluralcrispbreads

Origin of crispbread

From crisp + bread.

Questions about crispbread

What does crispbread mean?
Crispbread means a type of flat, dry bread or cracker, usually baked of rye flour, popular in the Nordic countries.
What part of speech is crispbread?
Crispbread is a noun.
What is the plural of crispbread?
The plural of crispbread is crispbreads.

Words near crispbread in the dictionary

  1. crispated
  2. crispation
  3. crispations
  4. crispature
  5. crispatures
  6. crispbread
  7. crispbreads
  8. crisped
  9. crisped mint
  10. crisped mints
  11. crispedly

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