hardtack, pilot biscuit, pilot bread, sea biscuit, ship biscuit
(noun) very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship’s staple
hardtack
(noun) a mountain mahogany
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hardtack (countable and uncountable, plural hardtacks)
(nautical) A large, hard biscuit made from unleavened flour and water; formerly used as a long-term staple food aboard ships.
Synonyms: Anzac wafer, sheet iron, tooth duller, worm castle (all military slang)
• (hard biscuit): pilot biscuit, pilot bread, sea biscuit, sea bread, ship's biscuit, ship biscuit
Source: Wiktionary
Hard"-tack`, n.
Definition: A name given by soldiers and sailors to a kind of hard biscuit or sea bread.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 January 2025
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
