biscuit
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From bisket, from Old French bescuit (French: biscuit).
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biscuit (plural biscuits)
- A cookie.
- (chiefly North American) A small bread usually made with baking soda, similar in texture to a scone, but usually not sweet.
- A form of unglazed earthenware.
- (nautical) The "bread" formerly supplied to naval ships; made with very little water, kneaded into flat cakes and slowly baked; often infested with weevils.
- (color/colour) A light brown colour.
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biscuit colour:
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- In British usage, a biscuit is distinct from a cake; the former is generally hard but becomes soft when stale, whereas the latter is generally soft but becomes hard when stale.
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cookie
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earthenware
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[edit] French
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Old French bescuit, from Latin bis- (“‘two’”) + cuit, past participle of cuire.
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biscuit m. (plural biscuits)
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biscuit m. inv.