- pronunciation:
- bI
skiht
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
biscuit, biscuits |
| definition 1: |
a small, bread roll for one person made with baking powder or baking soda instead of yeast. Biscuits contain quite a lot of butter or other shortening and are not usually sweet.
We had sausage with biscuits for breakfast.
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| definition 2: |
the British word for a small, sweet cake that is thin and crisp, baked from stiff dough. "Biscuit" often has the same meaning as "cookie."
- similar words:
- cookie
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| definition 3: |
the British word for a small, thin, crisp, plain or salty cake. "Biscuit" often has the same meaning as "cracker."
cheese and biscuits |
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.