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shortbread

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short·bread  (shôrtbrd)
n.
A cookie made of flour, sugar, and much butter or other shortening.

shortbread [ˈʃɔːtˌbrɛd]
n
(Cookery) a rich crumbly biscuit made from dough with a large proportion of butter
[from short (in the sense: crumbly)]
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Noun1.shortbread - very rich thick butter cookieshortbread - very rich thick butter cookie        
butter cookie - cookie containing much butter
Translations
shortbread [ˈʃɔːrtbrɛd] nsablé m
shortbread [ˈʃɔːtˌbrɛd] nfrollino, biscotto di pasta frolla


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