shortbread

[ shawrt-bred ]

noun
  1. a butter cookie commonly made in thick, pie-shaped wheels or rolled and cut in fancy shapes.

Origin of shortbread

1
First recorded in 1795–1805; short + bread

Words Nearby shortbread

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How to use shortbread in a sentence

  • The chocolate mousse nearly finished, Hitz starts up on dessert item No. 2: pecan shortbread cookies.

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  • Mother made tea and gave them shortbread and was so a-flutter herself that she broke one of her company dishes.

  • This was followed by the handing round of oatcake, cheese, and whisky, and afterwards shortbread and more whisky.

  • The following is the recipe of an old Ayrshire cook whose shortbread is always considered unsurpassed.

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  • Or the shortbread—now there was something like shortbread, made after a recipe learned in Brabant!

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  • He soon scorned crocus bulbs and even bread-crumbs, insisting on a diet of shortbread cake and nuts.

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British Dictionary definitions for shortbread

shortbread

/ (ˈʃɔːtˌbrɛd) /


noun
  1. a rich crumbly biscuit made from dough with a large proportion of butter

Origin of shortbread

1
C19: from short (in the sense: crumbly)

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