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bis·cuit  (bskt)

n. pl. bis·cuits

1. A small cake of shortened bread leavened with baking powder or soda.

2. Chiefly British

a. A thin, crisp cracker.

b. A cookie.

3. A pale brown.

4. pl. biscuit Clay that has been fired once but not glazed. Also called bisque².

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[Middle English bisquit, from Old French biscuit, from Medieval Latin bis coctus : Latin bis, twice; see dwo- in Indo-European roots + Latin coctus, past participle of coquere, to cook; see pek^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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biscuit

Noun

1. a small flat dry sweet or plain cake

2. porcelain that has been fired but not glazed

Adjective

pale brown or yellowish-grey [Old French (pain) bescuit twice-cooked (bread)]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	biscuit - small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda quick bread - breads made with a leavening agent that permits immediate baking rolled biscuit - biscuit made from dough rolled and cut drop biscuit - biscuit made from dough with enough milk that it can be dropped from a spoon baking-powder biscuit - leavened with baking powder buttermilk biscuit, soda biscuit - very tender biscuit partially leavened with buttermilk and soda hardtack, pilot biscuit, pilot bread, sea biscuit, ship biscuit - very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple
	2.	biscuit - any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term) cookie, cooky cake - baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat tea biscuit, teacake - flat semisweet cookie or biscuit usually served with tea dog biscuit - a hard biscuit for dogs butter cookie - cookie containing much butter spice cookie - cookie flavored with spices almond cookie, almond crescent - very rich cookie containing ground almonds; usually crescent-shaped brownie - square or bar of very rich chocolate cake usually with nuts ginger nut, ginger snap, gingersnap, snap - a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger macaroon - chewy cookie usually containing almond paste kiss - a cookie made of egg whites and sugar ladyfinger - small finger-shaped sponge cake anise cookie - cookie made without butter and flavored with anise seed molasses cookie - very spicy cookies sweetened partially with molasses oreo, oreo cookie - chocolate cookie with white cream filling raisin-nut cookie - cookie filled with a paste of raisins and nuts refrigerator cookie - dough formed into a roll and chilled in the refrigerator then sliced and baked raisin cookie - cookie containing raisins fruit bar - cookies containing chopped fruits either mixed in the dough or spread between layers of dough then baked and cut in bars sugar cookie - cookies sprinkled with granulated sugar oatmeal cookie - cookies containing rolled oats chocolate chip cookie, Toll House cookie - cookies containing chocolate chips fortune cookie - thin folded wafer containing a maxim on a slip of paper gingerbread man - gingerbread cut in the shape of a person wafer - a small thin crisp cake or cookie granola bar - cookie bar made of granola Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

Translations

biscuit [ˈbɪskɪt] n (BRIT) → galleta

biscuit [ˈbɪskɪt] n (Brit) → biscuit m;

(US) → petit pain au lait

biscuit [ˈbɪskɪt] n (Brit) → Keks m or nt;

(US) → Brötchen nt

biscuit [ˈbɪskɪt] n (BRIT) → biscotto;

(US) → panino al latte

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biscuit

n biscuit [ˈbiskit]

1 (American ˈcookie) a crisp, sweet piece of dough baked in small flat cakes. beskuitjie بَسْكوت бисквита sušenka kiks; småkage der Keks μπισκότο galleta küpsis بیسکویت keksi, pikkuleipä biscuit בִּיסקְווִיט बिस्कुट keks, kolačić aprósütemény biskuit smákaka, kex; tvíbaka biscotto ビスケット 쿠키(비스킷의 일종) sausainis biskvīts, sauss cepums biskut koekje kjeks, småkake herbatnik bolacha biscuit (сухое) печенье sušienka keks biskvit kex, biskvi (อเมริกา) คุกกี้ bisküvi; kurabiye 餅幹 сухе печиво پسکٹ bánh bích quy 饼干

2 a similar savoury flat cake. soutbeskuitjie بَسْكوت бисквита suchar småkage der Kuchen αλμυρό μπισκότο galleta kook کلوچه keksi gâteau sec עוּגִיָה @@@עוּגִייָה$$$ बिस्कुट नुमा केक keks keksz kue pipih þurrkaka; sandkaka biscotto クラッカー 건빵 biskvitinis pyragaitis biskvīta kūciņa biskut cracker småkake biszkopt biscoito бисквитный пирог suchár piškot keks småkaka คุกกี้ gevrek, peksimet 餅 коржик کیک کی ایک قسم bánh dẹt nhỏ 饼

3 (American) a small soft round cake. koekie خُبْزات شَطائِر кръгла торта vdolek bolle; scone das weiche Brötchen πιτάκι bizcocho küpsis کلوچه pikkuleipä petit gâteau לַחמָנִיָה @@@לַחמָנִייָה$$$ मुलायम गोल केक kolačić lángos kue kecil mjúkt matarbrauð dolcetto 丸パン 작은 케이크 bandelė maizīte; bulciņa biskut koekje bolle (bakepulverbakst), scone biszkopcik queque бисквитная булочка biskvit kolaček keks slät bulle (อเมริกา) เค้าชนิดหนึ่งก้อนกลมเล็ก kek 小軟餅(美)，小點心 бісквіт چھوٹا نرم گول کیک bánh bơ tròn 小软饼（美），小点心