Definitions | biscuit |
| noun
- A cookie.
- A small bread usually made with baking soda, similar in texture to a scone, but usually not sweet.
- A form of unglazed earthenware.
- (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.
- (colour) A light brown colour.
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Translations: - Dutch: koekje, biscuit
- French: biscuit
- German: Keks
- Italian: biscotto , biscottino
(trans-mid)
- Spanish: bizcocho, galleta
Etymology: From bisket, from bescuit (French: French, biscuit).
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