different between digestive vs shortbread

English

Etymology

From Old French digestif, from Late Latin d?gest?vus. Doublet of digestif.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /da??d??st?v/

Adjective

digestive (comparative more digestive, superlative most digestive)

1. Of, relating to, or functioning in digestion.
2. That causes or promotes digestion.

   • While the doctor and the natives were taking a digestive nap after dinner, I strolled forth to have a peep at the country which could produce so generous a meal.

Translations

Noun

digestive (plural digestives)

1. A substance that aids digestion.
2. (Britain, Ireland, Canada) A digestive biscuit.

Translations

German

Adjective

digestive

1. inflection of digestiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

digestive

1. feminine plural of digestivo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /di?.?es?ti?.u?e/, [d?i???s??t?i?u??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /di.d??es?ti.ve/, [d?id???s?t?i?v?]

Adjective

d?gest?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of d?gest?vus

English

Etymology

short (“brittle, of pastry”) +? bread.

Pronunciation

Noun

shortbread (countable and uncountable, plural shortbreads)

1. A type of biscuit (cookie), popular in Britain, traditionally made from one part sugar, two parts butter and three parts flour.

Translations

Further reading

• shortbread on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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