biscuit
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From bisket, from Old French bescuit (French: biscuit).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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biscuit (plural biscuits)
- (UK) A cookie (small, flat, baked cake which is either crisp or soft but firm).
- (UK) A cracker.
- cheese and biscuits
- (chiefly North America) A small bread usually made with baking soda, similar in texture to a scone, but usually not sweet.
- A form of unglazed earthenware.
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2004, Frank Hamer; Janet Hamer, The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques, edition 5th, London; Philadelphia, Penn.: A & C Black; University of Pennsylvania Press, ISBN 978-0-7136-6408-9, page 248:
- An overfired biscuit has insufficient porosity for glazing.
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- (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 light brown colour.
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biscuit colour:
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- (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.
Quotations[edit]
For usage examples of this term, see the citations page.
Usage notes[edit]
- 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.
Coordinate terms[edit]
- (woodworking): dowel, glue strip, spline, finger joint
Derived terms[edit]
Terms derived from biscuit
Translations[edit]
cookie
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cracker — see cracker
form of earthenware
ship's "bread"
light brown colour
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woodworking: wafer to provide gluing surface
See also[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Old French bescuit, from bis- + cuit.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
biscuit m (plural biscuits)
Derived terms[edit]
External links[edit]
- “biscuit” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
biscuit m (invariable)
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- British English
- North American English
- en:Nautical
- en:Woodworking
- English words with different meanings in different locations
- en:Browns
- en:Colors
- en:Foods
- French terms derived from Old French
- French words prefixed with bis-
- French terms with audio links
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- Italian terms derived from French
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
