noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A type of biscuit (cookie), popular in Britain, traditionally made from one part sugar, two parts butter and three parts flour. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   very rich thick butter cookie wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

biscuitbrownieshortbread cookie

Example

More examples

"We stuffed ourselves with nougat and shortbread cookies during Christmas Holidays."

Etymology

From short (“brittle, of pastry”) + bread.

Related phrases

double shortbreadmillionaire shortbread

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