From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishshortbreadshort‧bread /ˈʃɔːtbred $ ˈʃɔːrt-/ noun [uncountable] DFa hard sweet biscuit made with a lot of butter
Examples from the Corpus
shortbread• This china teapot is the perfect centrepiece to accompany shortbread and Christmas cake.• Jess looked at the worried forehead wrinkles, the nervous hands fussing over the teacups, plum cake and shortbread.• At least I've my shortbread baked, I wouldn't give the bought stuff houseroom.• At three fifteen Mavis brought us in our tea on a tray with a plateful of shortbread biscuits.• Why not? she thought, and packed a sample treacle cake and some shortbread with her first order. 