cracknel

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kraknl)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
crack•nel  (kraknl),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Fooda hard, brittle cake or biscuit.
  2. Food cracknels, small bits of fat pork fried crisp. Cf. scrapple.
  • Middle Dutch crākelinc, equivalent. to crāke(n) to crack + -linc -ling1
  • Middle French *craquenelle, metathetic alteration of craquelin
  • Middle English crak(e)nele 1350–1400


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