cracknel

crack·nel  (krknl)

n.

1. A hard crisp biscuit.

2. cracknels Crisp bits of fried pork fat; cracklings.

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[Middle English crakenele, alteration of Old French craquelin, from Middle Dutch krkelinc, small cake, from krken, to crack; see ger-² in Indo-European roots.]

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cracknel [ˈkrækn^əl]

n

1. (Cookery) a type of hard plain biscuit

2. (Cookery) (often plural) US and Canadian crisply fried bits of fat pork

[perhaps from Old French craquelin, from Middle Dutch krākelinc, from krāken to crack]

Translations

cracknel

n → (harter) Keks