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Definition of Biscuit
1. Noun. Small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda.
Specialized synonyms: Rolled Biscuit, Drop Biscuit, Baking-powder Biscuit, Buttermilk Biscuit, Soda Biscuit, Hardtack, Pilot Biscuit, Pilot Bread, Sea Biscuit, Ship Biscuit
2. Noun. Any of various small flat sweet cakes ('biscuit' is the British term).
Generic synonyms: Cake
Specialized synonyms: Tea Biscuit, Teacake, Dog Biscuit, Butter Cookie, Spice Cookie, Almond Cookie, Almond Crescent, Brownie, Ginger Nut, Ginger Snap, Gingersnap, Snap, Macaroon, Kiss, Ladyfinger, Anise Cookie, Molasses Cookie, Oreo, Oreo Cookie, Raisin-nut Cookie, Refrigerator Cookie, Raisin Cookie, Fruit Bar, Sugar Cookie, Oatmeal Cookie, Chocolate Chip Cookie, Toll House Cookie, Fortune Cookie, Gingerbread Man, Wafer, Granola Bar
Geographical relationships: Britain, Great Britain, U.k., Uk, United Kingdom, United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland
Definition of Biscuit
1. n. A kind of unraised bread, of many varieties, plain, sweet, or fancy, formed into flat cakes, and bakes hard; as, ship biscuit.
Definition of Biscuit
1. a small cake of shortened bread [n -S] : BISCUITY [adj]
Medical Definition of Biscuit
1. 1. A kind of unraised bread, of many varieties, plain, sweet, or fancy, formed into flat cakes, and bakes hard; as, ship biscuit. "According to military practice, the bread or biscuit of the Romans was twice prepared in the oven." (Gibbon) 2. A small loaf or cake of bread, raised and shortened, or made light with soda or baking powder. Usually a number are baked in the same pan, forming a sheet or card. 3. Earthen ware or porcelain which has undergone the first baking, before it is subjected to the glazing. 4. A species of white, unglazed porcelain, in which vases, figures, and groups are formed in miniature. Meat biscuit, an alimentary preparation consisting of matters extracted from meat by boiling, or of meat ground fine and combined with flour, so as to form biscuits. Origin: F. Biscuit (cf. It. Biscotto, Sp. Bizcocho, Pg. Biscouto), fr. L. Bis twice + coctus, p. P. Of coquere to cook, bake. See Cook, and cf. Bisque a kind of porcelain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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