rusk
/ɹʌsk/
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Northern England/ɹʊsk/
rusk noun: a rectangular, hard, dry biscuit.
Noun
rusk (countable and uncountable, plural rusks)
- A rectangular, hard, dry biscuit.
- […] he brought a large basket of rusk or biscuit, and three jars of fresh water, into the boat.1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC
- 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.1956, Delano Ames, chapter 25, in Crime out of Mind
- A weaning food for children.
- A cereal binder used in meat product manufacture.
Proper noun capitalized: Rusk
Rusk
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Lost River Township, Martin County, Indiana.
- A city, the county seat of Cherokee County, Texas, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Ritchie County, West Virginia.
- A small town in Burnett County, Wisconsin.
- An unincorporated community in the town of Red Cedar, Dunn County, Wisconsin.
- A small town in Rusk County, Wisconsin.
rusk meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Arabic
rusk in Hindi
- light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
- रस्क rask
rusk in Tamil
- பொறை, உலர் ரொட்டி
rusk in Kannada
- ಒಣರೊಟ್ಟಿ
rusk in Arabic
- light, soft bread, often toasted or crisped in an oven
- شَابُورَة šābūra, بُقْسُمَاط buqsumāṭ, بَقْصُم baqṣum
More languagesFewer languages
- rusk in Vietnamese
- bích cốt, bít cốt
Synonyms of rusk
- Brussels biscuit
- twice-baked bread
- zwieback
Forms of rusk
| plural | rusks |
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Origin of rusk
Borrowed from Spanish or Portuguese rosca (“a twist or roll of bread”)
Words formed from rusk
Words that rhyme with rusk
Questions about rusk
- What does rusk mean?
- Rusk means a rectangular, hard, dry biscuit.
- What is rusk in Hindi?
- Rusk in Hindi is रस्क (rask). See Rusk meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is rusk?
- Rusk can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce rusk?
- Rusk is pronounced /ɹʌsk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of rusk?
- The plural of rusk is rusks.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: rusk (page history and authors); Rusk (page history and authors); rusk (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); rusk (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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