Definitions for shortbread

shortbread short·bread

Spelling: [shawrt-bred]
IPA: /ˈʃɔrtˌbrɛd/

Shortbread is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 944 anagrams from letters in shortbread (abdehorrst).

Definitions for shortbread

noun

  1. a butter cookie commonly made in thick, pie-shaped wheels or rolled and cut in fancy shapes.

Origin of shortbread

First recorded in 1795-1805; short + bread

Examples for shortbread

These shortbread things are fussing about hither and thither across the field, and now and then an amœba comes crawling into view.

I find your Christmas present (just arrived) to be a haggis and shortbread!

As a result of the "consultation," Mary Joe cut the shortbread and added a dish of preserves to the bill of fare.

Who should it be but Uncle Clarke, with a big cake of shortbread in his arms!

This was right; the dog paid his halfpenny, took his shortbread, and ate it with decorous satisfaction.

The Disney exec made some noises and ate some shortbread, peered at the chalk-board menu and ordered some Thai iced tea.

He soon scorned crocus bulbs and even bread-crumbs, insisting on a diet of shortbread cake and nuts.

Or the shortbread—now there was something like shortbread, made after a recipe learned in Brabant!

Mother made tea and gave them shortbread and was so a-flutter herself that she broke one of her company dishes.

There were none for me, but one and a fine Scotch shortbread for the wounded Fife man in the bed next to mine.

Word Value for shortbread
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Words with friends

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