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biscuit
1[ bis-kit ]
/ ˈbɪs kɪt /
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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.
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Origin of biscuit
1OTHER WORDS FROM biscuit
bis·cuit·like, adjectiveWords nearby biscuit
Bisayas, Biscay, biscay green, Biscayne Bay, biscotto, biscuit, biscuit bread, biscuit-fired, biscuit tortoni, bise, bisect
Other definitions for biscuit (2 of 2)
biscuit2
[ bees-kwee ]
/ bisˈkwi /
noun French.
a cookie or cracker.
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British Dictionary definitions for biscuit
biscuit
/ (ˈbɪskɪt) /
noun
British a small flat dry sweet or plain cake of many varieties, baked from a doughUS and Canadian word: cookie
US and Canadian a kind of small roll similar to a muffin
- a pale brown or yellowish-grey colour
- (as adjective)biscuit gloves
Also called: bisque 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
Word Origin for biscuit
C14: from Old French, from (pain) bescuit twice-cooked (bread), from bes bis + cuire to cook, from Latin coquere
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