Biscuit

/ˈbɪs.kɪt/ · noun

Meaning

(UK, India, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, sometimes Canada, uncommon in the US and the Philippines) A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie..

Definitions by Sense

1. (UK, India, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, sometimes Canada, uncommon in the US and the Philippines) A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie.
2. (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.
3. (UK, Ireland, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia) A cracker.
4. (especially nautical) Any of several hard bread or breadlike foodstuffs, especially those formerly supplied to naval ships and armies, made with very little water, kneaded into flat cakes, and slowly baked, and which often became infested with weevils.
5. A form of unglazed earthenware.
6. A light brown colour.
7. (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.
8. (US, slang) A plastic card bearing the codes for authorizing a nuclear attack.

Example Sentences

Weighed myself at the gym and have hit 10st 8lb, a sure sign of things getting out of control—so I can’t even console myself with a chocolate biscuit.

cheese and biscuits

water biscuits

digestive biscuits

Near-synonyms: tack, bread

He was a long, earnest man, and though born on an icy coast, seemed well adapted to endure hot latitudes, his flesh being hard as twice-baked biscuit.

Charm'd by your touch, the kneaded clay refines, / The biscuit hardens, the enamel shines […].

In 1740, Thomas Whieldon of Little Fenton made 'toys' in either the clay or biscuit state. They were coloured with zaffre, copper, manganese, etc. and glazed with black, red or white lead.

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Word Forms

• biscuits
• biscuiting
• biscuited

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