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Etymology
From bisket, from OF. bescuit (French: #French|biscuit).

Pronunciation
AHD|bÄ­s'kÄ­t
IPA|/�bɪskɪt/
SAMPA|/"bIskIt/
audio|en-us-biscuit.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪskɪt|-ɪskɪt

Noun
en-noun

1. A cookie.
2. A small bread usually made with baking soda, similar in texture to a scone, but usually not sweet.
3. A form of unglazed earthenware.
4. context|nautical The "bread" formerly supplied to naval ships; made with very little water, kneaded into flat cakes and slowly baked; often infested with weevils.
5. colour A light brown colour.

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Derived terms
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Anzac biscuit
bickie
biscotto
biscuit firing
biscuit ware
mid3
bisque
digestive biscuit
dog biscuit
ratafia biscuit
sea biscuit
mid3
ship biscuit
soda biscuit
take the biscuit
water biscuit

Translations
trans-top|cookie
Dutch: koekje, biscuit
Finnish: keksi
French: biscuit
German: Keks
Ido: bisquito
Italian: biscotto m, biscottino m
trans-mid
Japanese: ����� (bisuketto)
Polish: ciastko n
Spanish: bizcocho, galleta
Swahili: biskuti
Swedish: kex
trans-bottom

trans-top|earthenware
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|ship's "bread"
Finnish: laivakorppu
trans-mid
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See also
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cookie
cracknel
mid3
hardtack
macaroon
mid3
pilot bread
soda cracker
Wiktionary Appendix:Colours|Appendix:Colours

French

Etymology
OF. bescuit, from L. bis- and cuit (past participle of cuire).

Noun
fr-noun|m

1. #Noun|biscuit

Category:Colors
Category:Browns
Category:Foods

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