Usually means: Buttery, crumbly, traditional Scottish biscuit.
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  1. shortbread: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. shortbread: Merriam-Webster
  3. shortbread: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. shortbread: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. shortbread: Collins English Dictionary
  6. shortbread: Vocabulary.com
  7. Shortbread, shortbread: Wordnik
  8. shortbread: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. shortbread: Wiktionary
  10. shortbread: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. shortbread: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. shortbread: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. shortbread: Dictionary.com
  14. Shortbread: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. shortbread: Rhymezone
  16. shortbread: FreeDictionary.org
  17. shortbread: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. shortbread: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Epicurus.com Food Glossary (No longer online)

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  1. BBC Food Glossary (No longer online)

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▸ noun:  A type of biscuit (cookie), popular in Britain, traditionally made from one part sugar, two parts butter and three parts flour.

Similar:
shortbread cookie, biscuit bread, digestive biscuit, biscuit, millionaire shortbread, Bourbon biscuit, shortcake, fly biscuit, biscotin, Scotch finger, more...

Opposite:
longbread, elongated bread, extended bread

Types:
oatmeal, ginger, chocolate, vanilla, lemon, orange, almond, pecan, raisin, coconut, more...

Phrases:
shortbread cookie, millionaire shortbread, Caramel shortbread, Walkers Shortbread, more...

Adjectives:
scottish, scotch, homemade, buttery, rich, delicious, famous, crisp, substantial, best, more

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Similar:
shortbread cookie, biscuit bread, digestive biscuit, biscuit, millionaire shortbread, Bourbon biscuit, shortcake, fly biscuit, biscotin, Scotch finger, more...

Opposite:
longbread, elongated bread, extended bread

Types:
oatmeal, ginger, chocolate, vanilla, lemon, orange, almond, pecan, raisin, coconut, more...

Phrases:
shortbread cookie, millionaire shortbread, Caramel shortbread, Walkers Shortbread, more...

Adjectives:
scottish, scotch, homemade, buttery, rich, delicious, famous, crisp, substantial, best, more



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