- pronunciation:
- bI
skiht
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part of speech: |
noun |
inflections: |
biscuit, biscuits |
definition 1: |
an unsweetened bread in the shape of a small cake, made with a generous amount of shortening and leavened with baking powder or baking soda instead of yeast.
These biscuits are delicious with sausage gravy. |
definition 2: |
(chiefly British) a small, thin, crisp, sweet cake baked from stiff dough.
- similar words:
- cookie
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definition 3: |
clay or porcelain that has been fired but not glazed. (See bisque2.)
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definition 4: |
(chiefly British) a small, thin, crisp, plain or savory cake; cracker.
cheese and biscuits |
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Biscuit comes from
bescuit, an early French word that means "twice-cooked." In the English spoken in Great Britain, the word
biscuit means cracker or cookie. Something that is cooked twice is hard and crisp, as crackers are.