biscuit

Keks

Ein kleines, flaches Gebäck, meist knusprig und süß, manchmal auch salzig.

In einfachem Englisch: A small, flat baked food that is usually crisp and sweet, but can also be salty.

• Would you like a biscuit with your tea?
• She baked chocolate biscuits for the children.
• I found biscuit crumbs on the sofa.

Synonyme: cookie, cracker

Häufige Wendungen: chocolate biscuit, biscuit tin, a plain biscuit

Brötchen

Ein kleines, weiches, meist rundes und nicht süßes Brot, das oft warm gegessen wird.

In einfachem Englisch: A small, soft bread, usually round and not sweet, often eaten warm.

• He ate a warm biscuit with butter.
• We served biscuits and gravy for breakfast.
• These biscuits rose nicely in the oven.

Häufige Wendungen: buttermilk biscuit, biscuit dough, warm biscuit

Schiffszwieback, Hartkeks

Sehr hartes, trockenes Brot, das lange haltbar ist, besonders für Seeleute oder Soldaten.

In einfachem Englisch: Very hard, dry bread made to last a long time, especially for sailors or soldiers.

• The sailors lived on salted meat and biscuit.
• He softened the hard biscuit in water.
• The ship carried enough biscuit for a long voyage.

Synonyme: hardtack, ship’s bread

Häufige Wendungen: ship’s biscuit, hard biscuit, biscuit rations

Schrühware

Keramik, die im Brennofen gebrannt wurde, aber noch keine glänzende Glasur hat.

In einfachem Englisch: Pottery that has been heated in a special oven but has no shiny surface coating yet.

• The vase is still in biscuit.
• She applied glaze to the biscuit ware.
• Biscuit absorbs water more readily than glazed pottery.

Synonyme: bisque

Häufige Wendungen: biscuit ware, biscuit firing, biscuit porcelain