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Meaning in simple English, pronunciation and examples
Pronunciation: US /ˈbɪskɪt/
Forms: biscuits
biscuit means: A small, flat baked food that is usually crisp and sweet, but can also be salty.
noun
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.
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.
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.
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.
Questions about biscuit
What does biscuit mean?
A small, flat baked food that is usually crisp and sweet, but can also be salty.
What is biscuit in other languages?
Türkçe: bisküvi · Español: galleta · Français: biscuit · Deutsch: Keks · Italiano: biscotto · 日本語: ビスケット
How do you pronounce biscuit?
It is pronounced /ˈbɪskɪt/.
How do you use biscuit in a sentence?
Would you like a biscuit with your tea? She baked chocolate biscuits for the children.
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