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graham cracker

graham cracker noun: a specific cracker made of graham flour, developed in the nineteenth century.

graham cracker: a specific cracker made of graham flour, developed in the nineteenth century
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Noun (1)

graham cracker (plural graham crackers)

  1. (US, dated) A specific cracker made of graham flour, developed in the nineteenth century.
  2. (US, broadly) A sweet rectangular cracker, usually made of graham flour and sweetened with honey (and often spiced with cinnamon) and perforated down the middle.
  3. A Graham biscuit.

Noun (2) capitalized: Graham cracker

Graham cracker (plural Graham crackers)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of graham cracker.

Forms of graham cracker

pluralgraham crackers
alternative formGraham cracker
pluralGraham crackers

Origin of graham cracker

Named after Sylvester Graham, a lecturer on dietetics.

Words formed from graham cracker

Questions about graham cracker

What does graham cracker mean?
Graham cracker means a specific cracker made of graham flour, developed in the nineteenth century.
What part of speech is graham cracker?
Graham cracker is a noun.
What is the plural of graham cracker?
The plural of graham cracker is graham crackers.

Words near graham cracker in the dictionary

  1. graham biscuit
  2. graham biscuits
  3. graham bread
  4. graham breads
  5. Graham County
  6. graham cracker
  7. graham cracker-y
  8. graham crackers
  9. graham crackery
  10. graham flour
  11. graham flours

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