lebkuchen
/ˈleɪbkuːk(ə)n
/noun (plural same)
A type of biscuit with a cake-like texture, typically glazed and containing spices and honey.It was a small cake, some kind of lebkuchen....
- His lebkuchen slipped from his fingers and shattered on the floor.
- There is a very good German bakery in Edinburgh, but his lebkuchen are very expensive, and I have to feed about 20 people.
Origin
German Lebkuchen, from Kuchen 'cake'; the origin of the first element is uncertain.
Rhymes
- quadrigeminy
- quadriglandular
- quadrihydrate
- quadrijugate
- quadrilaminar
- quadrilaminate
- quadrilateral
- quadrilateralness
- quadrilingual
- quadriliteral
- quadrille
- quadrilled
- quadriller
- quadrillion
- quadrillionaire
- quadrillionnaire
- quadrillionth
- quadrilobate
- quadrilobed
- quadrilocular
- quadriloculate
- quadrilogue
- quadrilogy
- quadrimembral
- quadringenary