breadstick

(ˈbrɛdstɪk)

(Cookery) bread baked in a long thin crisp stick

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Noun

breadstick - a crisp stick-shaped roll; often served with soup

bread-stick

bread, breadstuff, staff of life - food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked

grissino - a long slender crusty breadstick

Translations

breadstick

[ˈbredstɪk] N → piquito m, palito m

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