biscuit

galleta

Alimento pequeño y plano hecho al horno, generalmente crujiente y dulce, aunque también puede ser salado.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: cookie, cracker

Expresiones frecuentes: chocolate biscuit, biscuit tin, a plain biscuit

panecillo

Pan pequeño y blando, generalmente redondo y sin sabor dulce, que suele comerse caliente.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Expresiones frecuentes: buttermilk biscuit, biscuit dough, warm biscuit

galleta marinera

Pan muy duro y seco que dura mucho tiempo, especialmente preparado para marineros o soldados.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: hardtack, ship’s bread

Expresiones frecuentes: ship’s biscuit, hard biscuit, biscuit rations

bizcocho cerámico

Cerámica cocida en un horno especial que todavía no tiene una capa de esmalte brillante.

En inglés sencillo: 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.

Sinónimos: bisque

Expresiones frecuentes: biscuit ware, biscuit firing, biscuit porcelain