biscuit
IPA: bˈɪskʌt
noun
- (UK, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, sometimes Canada, rare in the US and the Philippines) A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie.
- (chiefly Canada, US, rare in Scotland and Guernsey) A small, usually soft and flaky bread, generally made with baking soda, which is similar in texture to a scone but which is usually not sweet.
- (UK, Philippines) A cracker.
- (nautical) The "bread" formerly supplied to naval ships, which was made with very little water, kneaded into flat cakes, and slowly baked, and which often became infested with weevils.
- A form of unglazed earthenware.
- A light brown colour.
- (woodworking) A thin oval wafer of wood or other material inserted into mating slots on pieces of material to be joined to provide gluing surface and strength in shear.
- (US, slang) A plastic card bearing the codes for authorizing a nuclear attack.
- (US, slang, hiphop) A handgun, especially a revolver.
- (ice hockey, shuffleboard) A puck (hockey puck).
- (slang) The head.
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Examples of "biscuit" in Sentences
- A simple biscuit is such a great addition to any breakfast or dinner.
- The reason I use the biscuit is because it always holds my arrow while stalking.
- For instance, the word "cookie" descends to us from the Dutch - the British use the word biscuit.
- It was still a little bit heartier than a plain biscuit might be, but the fact that it is made up of whole grains makes up for it.
- It looks like the term biscuit comes from the French "bis" "cuit" or "twice cooked" ... which works for both sweet and savory varieties.
- Query: If the biscuit should be boiled in the milk, or milk merely poured over the biscuit_ -- "Here he glanced up, and seeing the anguish on the hunchback's face, handed back the book.
- Yes | No | Report from Golfing Sportsman wrote 48 weeks 2 days ago del has a good point, for simplicity sake the whisker biscuit is great but it will cost you noise, fletching wear, accuracy, and speed.
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