rusk

1. 1.

   slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp

   SynonymszwiebackBrussels biscuittwice-baked bread

   Broadertoast

Other forms of rusk

plural

rusks·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rusk

What does rusk mean?

rusk means "slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp".

How many syllables are in rusk?

rusk has 1 syllable: rusk. In IPA it is /ˈɹʌsk/.

What is another word for rusk?

Close synonyms include zwieback, Brussels biscuit, twice-baked bread. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rusk a common word?

rusk is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.