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• biscuit — ► NOUN 1) Brit. a small, flat, crisp unleavened cake. 2) N. Amer. a small, soft round cake like a scone. 3) porcelain or other pottery which has been fired but not glazed. ● take the biscuit (or chiefly N. Amer. cake) Cf. ↑take the cake …   English terms dictionary

• Biscuit — Bis cuit, n. [F. biscuit (cf. It. biscotto, Sp. bizcocho, Pg. biscouto), fr. L. bis twice + coctus, p. p. of coquere to cook, bake. See {Cook}, and cf. {Bisque} a kind of porcelain.] 1. A kind of unraised bread, of many varieties, plain, sweet,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• biscuit — [[t]bɪ̱skɪt[/t]] biscuits 1) N COUNT A biscuit is a small flat cake that is crisp and usually sweet. [BRIT] (in AM, use cookie) 2) N COUNT A biscuit is a small round dry cake that is made with baking powder, baking soda, or yeast. [AM] 3) PHRASE …   English dictionary

• biscuit — noun 1》 Brit. a small, flat, crisp unleavened cake.     ↘N. Amer. a small, soft round cake like a scone. 2》 porcelain or other pottery which has been fired but not glazed. 3》 a light brown colour. 4》 Carpentry a small flat piece of wood used to… …   English new terms dictionary

• biscuit */*/ — UK [ˈbɪskɪt] / US noun Word forms biscuit : singular biscuit plural biscuits 1) [countable] British a type of small flat dry cake that is usually sweet and round. The usual American word is cookie a packet of biscuits chocolate biscuits There s… …   English dictionary

• biscuit — bis|cuit S3 [ˈbıskıt] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: bescuit, from Latin bis twice + coctus cooked ] 1.) BrE a small thin dry cake that is usually sweet and made for one person to eat American Equivalent: cookie ▪ a packet of chocolate …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• biscuit — [ˈbɪskɪt] noun [C] British a small flat dry cake that is usually sweet a packet of chocolate biscuits[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• Biscuit (disambiguation) — Biscuit, literally meaning twice baked, typically refers to various baked goods from different countries.Biscuit as a food may refer to:*Biscuit, in North America, a small, round, soft, moist, and cake shaped piece of quick bread *Cookie, a small …   Wikipedia

• Jaffa cake — noun A small, biscuit like cake with a base of firm sponge, a layer of orange jelly, and a chocolate covering …   Wiktionary

• Biscuit — A biscuit (IPAEng|ˈbɪskɨt) is a small baked product; the exact meaning varies markedly in different parts of the world. The origin of the word biscuit is from Latin via Middle French and means cooked twice , hence biscotti in Italian (similar to… …   Wikipedia

• cake — [[t]ke͟ɪk[/t]] ♦♦♦ cakes, caking, caked 1) N VAR A cake is a sweet food made by baking a mixture of flour, eggs, sugar, and fat in an oven. Cakes may be large and cut into slices or small and intended for one person only. ...a piece of cake...… …   English dictionary