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Hardtack is an English word with synonyms like biscuit or mahogany. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Hardtack in a sentence

Hardtack meaning

A large, hard biscuit made from unleavened flour and water; formerly used as a long-term staple food aboard ships.

Synonyms of Hardtack

pilot biscuit pilot bread sea biscuit ship biscuit biscuit mahogany mahogany tree

Related words

Other words often associated with Hardtack or its synonyms:

tree cooky wood cookie cake

Using Hardtack

  • The main meaning on this page is: A large, hard biscuit made from unleavened flour and water; formerly used as a long-term staple food aboard ships.
  • Useful related words include: pilot biscuit, pilot bread, sea biscuit, ship biscuit.

Context around Hardtack

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

southerners 1×

Sentence patterns with Hardtack

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

crackers or hardtack southerners sometimes 1× make some hardtack that s 1× pounds of hardtack and salt 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

first make some 1× food often took 1× once its defenses 1×

Common sentence endings:

around the town 1× than wheat flour 1× you could want 1×

Words around Hardtack

Just before it in the word index:

hardt 21 hardstone 2 hardstark 3 hardstanding 8 hardships 403 hardship 713

Just after it in the word index:

hardtalk 5 hardtop 12 hardtops 3 hardung 3 hardware 2.899 hardwares 8

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 5 aaah 5 aacl 5 aak 5 aapke 5 aarav 5

Corpus analysis for Hardtack

  • In this selection, "hardtack" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, southerners stand out and add context to how "hardtack" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include crackers or hardtack southerners sometimes and make some hardtack that s. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "hardtack" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with hardtack

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

First, make some hardtack that’s going to last as long as you could want. (15 words)

Food often took the form of crackers or hardtack ; Southerners sometimes chose cornmeal or pinole rather than wheat flour. (19 words)

Once its defenses were complete, Sherman established his main supply depot there, placing a million pounds of hardtack and salt pork in warehouses near the railroad, along with 9,000 head of cattle in the valleys around the town. (39 words)

Longer example sentences

Once its defenses were complete, Sherman established his main supply depot there, placing a million pounds of hardtack and salt pork in warehouses near the railroad, along with 9,000 head of cattle in the valleys around the town. (39 words)

Food often took the form of crackers or hardtack ; Southerners sometimes chose cornmeal or pinole rather than wheat flour. (19 words)

First, make some hardtack that’s going to last as long as you could want. (15 words)

Example sentences (3)

First, make some hardtack that’s going to last as long as you could want.

Once its defenses were complete, Sherman established his main supply depot there, placing a million pounds of hardtack and salt pork in warehouses near the railroad, along with 9,000 head of cattle in the valleys around the town.

Food often took the form of crackers or hardtack ; Southerners sometimes chose cornmeal or pinole rather than wheat flour.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "hardtack" in a sentence?
An example: "First, make some hardtack that’s going to last as long as you could want." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "hardtack" from authentic English texts.
What does "hardtack" mean?
Hardtack means: A large, hard biscuit made from unleavened flour and water; formerly used as a long-term staple food aboard ships.
What are synonyms of "hardtack"?
Common synonyms of "hardtack" include: pilot biscuit, pilot bread, sea biscuit, ship biscuit, biscuit, mahogany, mahogany tree.
How many example sentences with "hardtack" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "hardtack", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.