laivakorppu — meaning in English

English meaning

• biscuit noun A small, flat baked snack, either crisp (British sense, like a cookie) or soft and flaky (American sense, like a scone).
• hardtack noun A big, hard biscuit made only from flour and water, once eaten by sailors as food that kept well.

Senses

laivakorppu is used for these senses in English:

• biscuit (especially, nautical) Any of several hard bread or breadlike foodstuffs, especially those formerly supplied to naval ships and armies, made with very little water, kneaded into flat cakes, and slowly baked, and which often became infested with weevils.
• hardtack (nautical) A large, hard biscuit made from unleavened flour and water; formerly used as a long-term staple food aboard ships.

biscuit — full definition

1. noun A small, flat baked snack, either crisp (British sense, like a cookie) or soft and flaky (American sense, like a scone).
2. noun Unglazed pottery that has been fired once but not yet coated with glaze.
3. noun Slang for a hockey puck.

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