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Meaning of "hardtack" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HARDTACK

hardtack  [ˈhɑːdˌtæk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HARDTACK

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determiner
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Hardtack is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HARDTACK MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hardtack

Hardtack

Hardtack is a simple type of cracker or biscuit, made from flour, water, and sometimes salt. Inexpensive and long-lasting, it was and is used for sustenance in the absence of perishable foods, commonly during long sea voyages and military campaigns. The name derives from the British sailor slang for food, "tack." It is known by other names such as pilot bread, ship's biscuit, shipbiscuit, sea biscuit, cabin bread, sea bread or pejoratively "dog biscuits", "tooth dullers", "sheet iron", "worm castles", or "molar breakers". Australian and New Zealand military personnel knew them with some sarcasm as ANZAC wafers.

Definition of hardtack in the English dictionary

The definition of hardtack in the dictionary is a kind of hard saltless biscuit, formerly eaten esp by sailors as a staple aboard ship Also called: pilot biscuit, ship's biscuit, sea biscuit.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HARDTACK


attack
əˈtæk
Blu-tack
ˈbluːtæk
counterattack
ˈkaʊntərəˌtæk
Cuttack
kʌˈtæk
hackmatack
ˈhækməˌtæk
haystack
ˈheɪˌstæk
isotach
ˈaɪsəʊˌtæk
nunatak
ˈnʌnəˌtæk
restack
ˌriːˈstæk
smokestack
ˈsməʊkˌstæk
stack
stæk
tach
tæk
tack
tæk
thumbtack
ˈθʌmˌtæk
ticktack
ˈtɪkˌtæk
tie-tack
ˈtaɪˌtæk
tietac
ˈtaɪˌtæk
tintack
ˈtɪnˌtæk
unstack
ʌnˈstæk
untack
ʌnˈtæk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HARDTACK

hardpack
hardpan
hardrock
hards
hardscrabble
hardship
hardship clause
hardship fund
hardstand
hardtail
hardtop
hardware
hardware dealer
hardware shop
hardwareman
Hardwick Hall
hardwire
hardwood
hardy

WORDS THAT END LIKE HARDTACK

airborne attack
angle of attack
anxiety attack
arson attack
banzai attack
bilious attack
chimney stack
dictionary attack
ground attack
hard tack
heart attack
impingement attack
line of attack
on the wrong tack
panic attack
rocket attack
suicide attack
the attack
tie tack
torpedo attack

Synonyms and antonyms of hardtack in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «hardtack» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HARDTACK

Find out the translation of hardtack to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

硬面包
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

hardtack
570 millions of speakers

English

hardtack
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सुखी रोटी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البسكويت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сухарь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hardtack
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

hardtack
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

biscuit
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hardtack
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

hardtack
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

乾パン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

건빵
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hardtack
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bánh bít quy của thủy thủ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

hardtack
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हार्डटॅक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

galeta
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

hardtack
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

hardtack
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сухар
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pesmetii
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γαλέτα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

beschuit
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

knäckebröd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hardtack
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of hardtack

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HARDTACK»

The term «hardtack» is regularly used and occupies the 99.840 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HARDTACK» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hardtack

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HARDTACK»

Discover the use of hardtack in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hardtack and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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From Hardtack to Homefries: An Uncommon History of American ...
Barbara Haber shows us that a single, ubiquitous, ordinary-yet-extraordinary lens can illuminate a great deal of this other half of our past. Haber includes sample recipes and rich photographs, bringing the food of bygone eras back to life.
Barbara Haber, 2010
2
Hardtack and Coffee, Or, The Unwritten Story of Army Life
The authenticity of his book is heightened by the many drawings that a comrade, Charles W. Reed, made in the field. ¯ This is the story of how the Civil War soldier was recruited, provisioned, and disciplined.
John Davis Billings, 1887
3
The Hardtack Diary: Book one
This page-turning thriller unfolds toward a climax in the sordid brothels of Taipei, culminating in a final reckoning. This is the first in a new series featuring the adventures of the memorable Hardtack.
Richard Wilson, 2013
4
Daily Life in Civil War America
Hardtack. The staple ration of the federal army was a square cracker, 3 1/8 by 2 7 /8 inches, with small holes in its top, known as hardtack. Referred to as both army bread and biscuit, it was a very dry, incredibly hard product without leavening, ...
Dorothy Denneen Volo, James M. Volo, 1998
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Elements of Controversy: The Atomic Energy Commission and ...
1958, 6-9; Kaman Tempo, Operation Hardtack I in. 74), 70-77, 81-84, 86-94, 407- 411. 86. Wignall to CJTF 7, "Radiation Dosages for Task Group 7.4 Personnel during Hardtack," 21 Nov. 1957; Shipman to Ogle, "Radiation Doses for Cloud ...
Barton C. Hacker, 1994
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The Encyclopedia of Civil War Medicine
HARDTACK suffered, and he soon became the leading neurologist (a new specialty) in America. He wrote medical books and articles as well as a number of novels. In 1887 he retired from his practice and moved to Washington, DC, where he ...
Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein, 2008
7
Hardtack and Bullets
The WWI Memoirs Collection captures the pride and fear of the war as experienced by combatants and non-combatants alike and provides historians, researchers and students extensive perspective on individual emotional responses to the war.
Henry J. Hines, Sidney Birdsall, 2009
8
Minnesota in the Civil War: An Illustrated History
Hardtack was the marching soldier's staple, and he learned how to deal with it. Hardtack— This is what fought the battles for the Union"— Willam Bircher — 4 It would seem that but little could be said of the culinary art in camp without involving ...
Kenneth Carley, 2006
9
A Taste for War: The Culinary History of the Blue and the Gray
"Don't you know that you've no business to throw hardtack in the trenches?" he howled at them. "Haven't you been told that often enough?" The inevitable company comedian replied that "we've thrown it out two or three times, sir, but it crawls ...
William C. Davis, 2003
10
The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink
Hardtack's first important North American role was in sustaining crews and passengers of European vessels en route to the New World and as a ration in the ensuing seaborne trade. Ship's bread continued to feed seamen well into the ...
Andrew F. Smith, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HARDTACK»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hardtack is used in the context of the following news items.
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Reunion scheduled at Bona for Civil War regiment's descendants
Known as the Hardtack Regiment, the Civil War infantry was raised in southwestern New York state's Cattaraugus and Chautauqua counties. «Olean Times Herald, Jul 15»
2
Puzella boys imagine frontier times
The boys also tried hardtack, which another reenactor recommended they soften by warming the hard bread in their armpits, Kaiden said. «Casper Journal, Jul 15»
3
Old Red Courthouse ready to put Dallas County on display after $23 …
"There were stacks of bottled water and hardtack that they had stored there during the Cold War." *. The Dallas County courthouse was part of ... «Dallas Morning News, Jun 15»
4
"They Were Amazing Soldiers": Interview With a Confederate …
... a Confederate Civil War reenactor visited my American history class to tell us how fun it was to dress up in a grey wool uniform, eat hardtack, ... «Gawker, Jun 15»
5
Lake Calhoun's name? Let's Replacements it
Fueled by slavery and genocide and hardtack, U.S. history is pockmarked by an endless list of evil men and their evil deeds. Is it possible or ... «City Pages, Jun 15»
6
Franklin Civil War summer camp makes history real
The kids took tours of both historic homes. They snacked on “hardtack” biscuits and ate beef jerky. And by seeing those things firsthand, the ... «The Tennessean, Jun 15»
7
Sean P. Means: Battle flag battle, or why old times there are not …
(I once annoyed one of my editors, a big Civil War buff, by describing such re-enactors as "Trekkies with hardtack.") It is strange that people ... «Salt Lake Tribune, Jun 15»
8
War in their backyard Dedication of historic marker draws from the past
Rainey described how a cavalry rifleman went out with a blanket and three days' worth of hardtack and beans to track down bands of ... «Lovely County Citizen, Jun 15»
9
Bitten Blind and Drenched to the Skin
The next morning, Forster "fortified his courage" with a breakfast of raw pork and hardtack. He then strapped on his wet pack, "which weighed ... «UpperMichigansSource.com, Jun 15»
10
Wild West comes alive at Cowboy Action shoot
They had nicknames such as Chicken Mango, P.J. Hardtack, Turkey Creek Pete, No Nails Woody, Gabriel Law and Mad Dog Sty. Cowboy ... «Prince George Citizen, Jun 15»

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