shortbread

noun

short·​bread ˈshȯrt-ˌbred How to pronounce shortbread (audio)
: a thick cookie made of flour, sugar, and a large amount of shortening

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The shortbread cookies have chopped nuts and are covered in a generous coating of powdered sugar, meant to resemble snow. Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Dec. 2024 Get The Recipe 08 of 12 Strawberry Shortbread Cookies Switch up your holiday dessert rotation with these eye-catching strawberry shortbread cookies. Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2024 The coffee company is also releasing its first-ever holiday sugar cookie: a shortbread cookie with pink frosting and rainbow sprinkles, which is shaped like a classic donut. Raven Brunner, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024 Each wicker basket contains two bottles of Stein's Spanish wine, spicy apple and walnut chutney, figs in cognac, two boxes of moreish oat biscuits, and a tin of raspberry butter shortbread. Irenie Forshaw, The Week Uk, theweek, 2 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for shortbread 

Word History

First Known Use

1801, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of shortbread was in 1801

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“Shortbread.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shortbread. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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shortbread

noun
short·​bread ˈshȯrt-ˌbred How to pronounce shortbread (audio)
: a cookie made of flour, sugar, and lots of shortening
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