graham cracker
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1.3
- noun
- /ˈɡreɪ.əm ˈkræk.ər/
- US
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galleta graham
- WE'VE GOT GRAHAM CRACKERS.
- graham cracker crumbs
- graham cracker crumbs
- 1 cup graham cracker
I think I would do like a maybe a Graham cracker or something that fits you more low key.
- I think I would do like a maybe a Graham cracker or something that fits you more low key.
Examples
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Graham crackers and chocolate milk.
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We sat at my table and ate a box of graham crackers with tea.
Fiction book (1992) -
Final step, remove it and place another Graham cracker on the top.
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Okay, we'll get you another graham cracker, but first, can you say hi?
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How about a graham cracker?
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Then you put the chocolate on the graham cracker next to the fire so it can melt.
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Julie opened the cupboard, put out a plate of Graham crackers, and poured two glasses of milk.
Fiction book (1992) -
Yesterday's meal consisted of a whole grain cereal and milk, graham crackers, and a fresh peach.
Blog text (21) -
Toasted marshmallows, graham crackers, and Hershey bars to make s'mores with.
Fiction book (2002) -
For dessert, I made a delicious pie with a graham cracker crust.
Synonyms
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1.0
A thin, crisp biscuit often eaten with cheese or soup
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4.2
A whole wheat flour or a sweet cracker made from it used in desserts
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly compositional: 'graham' (a type of whole-wheat flour or cracker) + 'cracker' denotes a cracker made from graham flour. This modifier+noun formation is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The name graham cracker may come from an 1800s American preacher named Graham who told people to eat plain whole-wheat food for health. Bakers used his whole-wheat flour to make thin, crisp crackers, and people called them graham crackers, so today the name means the sweet, flat whole-wheat cracker we use for snacks like s'mores and pie crusts.