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SEA BISCUIT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sea biscuit mean?
• SEA BISCUIT (noun)
The noun SEA BISCUIT has 1 sense:
1. very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple
Familiarity information: SEA BISCUIT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
hardtack; pilot biscuit; pilot bread; sea biscuit; ship biscuit
Hypernyms ("sea biscuit" is a kind of...):
biscuit (small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda)
Context examples
The sailor grinned and passed him a fragment of sea biscuit.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
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