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biscuit
1[ bis-kit ]
noun
- a kind of bread in small, soft cakes, raised with baking powder or soda, or sometimes with yeast; scone.
- Chiefly British.
- a dry and crisp or hard bread in thin, flat cakes, made without yeast or other raising agent; a cracker.
- a cookie.
- a pale-brown color.
- Also called bisque. Ceramics. unglazed earthenware or porcelain after firing.
- Also called preform. a piece of plastic or the like, prepared for pressing into a phonograph record.
adjective
- having the color biscuit.
biscuit
2[ bees-kwee ]
noun
, French.
- a cookie or cracker.
biscuit
/ ˈbɪskɪt /
noun
- a small flat dry sweet or plain cake of many varieties, baked from a dough US and Canadian wordcookie
- a kind of small roll similar to a muffin
- a pale brown or yellowish-grey colour
- ( as adjective )
biscuit gloves
- Also calledbisque earthenware or porcelain that has been fired but not glazed
- take the biscuit slang.to be regarded (by the speaker) as the most surprising thing that could have occurred
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- biscuit·like adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of biscuit1
C14: from Old French, from ( pain ) bescuit twice-cooked (bread), from bes bis + cuire to cook, from Latin coquere
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Example Sentences
An only child, her father was a “sensible and supportive” biscuit salesman, but her mother was another story.
From BBC
They include a cornbread mix, biscuit mix and two brownie mixes inspired by Parton’s favorite family recipes.
From Salon
Georgie’s showstopper was a ‘Welsh Festival’, decorated with chocolate biscuit folk dancers.
From BBC
Lozada’s puppy, which she named Biscuit, was not found among the thousands of dogs in The Times’ records.
From Los Angeles Times
Lozada said after Biscuit was treated for parasites, he was healthy until recently.
From Los Angeles Times
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