Cracknel Definition

krăknəl
noun
A variety of hard, crisp biscuit.
Webster's New World
Small pieces of crisply fried fat pork.
Webster's New World
Cracklings.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Cracknel

Noun

Singular:
cracknel
Plural:
cracknels

Origin of Cracknel

  • Middle English crakenele alteration of Old French craquelin from Middle Dutch krākelinc small cake from krāken to crack gerə-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from French craquelin.

    From Wiktionary

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