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HARDTACK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple
Synonyms:
hardtack; pilot biscuit; pilot bread; sea biscuit; ship biscuit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("hardtack" is a kind of...):
biscuit (small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A mountain mahogany
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hardtack" is a kind of...):
mahogany; mahogany tree (any of various tropical timber trees of the family Meliaceae especially the genus Swietinia valued for their hard yellowish- to reddish-brown wood that is readily worked and takes a high polish)
