HARDTACK


Meaning of HARDTACK in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

1. : a hard biscuit or load bread made of flour and water without salt and baked in large or small forms — called also pilot bread, ship biscuit

2. : any of several mountain mahoganies ; especially : a spreading shrub or small tree ( Cercocarpus betuloides ) that has obovate distally serrate leaves dark green above and whitish below

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