hardtack

A noun referring to a very hard, unsalted biscuit or bread, historically used as a staple food on ships, or alternatively a type of mountain mahogany.

• 🇫🇷Nom désignant un biscuit ou un pain très dur et non salé, historiquement utilisé comme aliment de base à bord des navires, ou, alternativement, un type d'acajou de montagne.

1. Hard biscuit or bread C1 formal

   A very hard, dry, unsalted biscuit or bread, historically used as a staple food on long sea voyages.

   • Sailors often relied on hardtack as their main food supply during long journeys.
   • The hardtack was so tough it had to be soaked in water before eating.
   • He broke a piece of hardtack and chewed it slowly.

   🇫🇷Biscuit de mer

   Synonymes: pilot biscuitpilot breadship biscuit

2. Mountain mahogany C2 formal american

   A type of shrub or small tree, known as mountain mahogany, found in dry mountainous regions.

   • The hardtack tree is common in the rocky slopes of the western United States.
   • Mountain mahogany, also called hardtack, has dense wood used for tools.
   • The leaves of the hardtack shrub turn a silvery color in the wind.

   🇫🇷Acajou de montagne

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• hardtack's possessive singular form