zwieback (redirected from zwiebacks)

zwie·back  (swbk, -bäk, sw-, zw-, zw-)

n.

A usually sweetened bread baked first as a loaf and later cut into slices and toasted.

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[German : zwie-, twice (from Middle High German zwi-, from Old High German; see dwo- in Indo-European roots) + backen, to bake (from Middle High German, from Old High German bahhan, backan).]

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zwieback - slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp Brussels biscuit, rusk, twice-baked bread toast - slices of bread that have been toasted