biscuit
biscuit
Definition
bis·cuit (bis′kit)
noun pl. -·cuits or -·cuit
- Chiefly Brit. a crisp, unleavened wafer; cracker or cookie
- ☆
- a quick bread, made light by baking powder, soda, or yeast, and baked in small pieces
- any of these pieces
- light brown; tan
- pottery or porcelain after the first firing and before glazing
Etymology: ME bisquit, besquit < OFr bescuit (altered, under infl. of OIt biscotto) < ML biscoctum < (panis) bis coctus, (bread) twice baked < L bis, twice (see binary) + coctus, pp. of coquere, cook
biscuit
Synonyms
biscuit
n.
biscuit
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- dunk: I prefer it with almond biscuits dunked into the wine.
- bake: M5 - Developing Food Structure Through Thermal Processing How do I bake a better cookie or make smoother ice cream?
Adjective modifier
- digestive: Falling down the stairs and sobbing because I broke my digestive cookie.
- crunchy: NEW RECIPE Glutafin Chocolate Chip Cookies Tempting crunchy biscuits with the taste of real chocolate.
- home-made: Inside, on the ground floor, the aroma of fresh coffee and home-made biscuits filled the circular kitchen.
- homemade: Homemade biscuits, mince pies and fudge is also very popular.
- crushed: Melt the low fat spread over a gentle heat and mix the crushed biscuits into the melted fat.
- savory: Children love savory biscuits, try Quaker's mini rice cakes with different flavors.
Modifies a noun
- tin: Biscuits for the cookie tin, cake just in case.
- crumb: Failing that, any plain cookie crumbs will do.
- cutter: You will also be taught how to use a cookie cutter to get a professional finish.
- beetle: The eggs of the cookie beetle are pearly white, and are not easily seen with the naked eye.
- barrel: Over the years I became very familiar with her cookie barrel!
- dough: It predated George Palmer's arrival so the only name stamped on the cookie dough was Huntley.
Noun used with modifier
- shortbread: I find I can eat a Mars bar every day with no trouble but 3 or 4 shortbread biscuits will start an attack.
- shortcake: Twix gives you more to bite into, Crunchy shortcake cookie topped with caramel, covered in creamy milk chocolate.
- chocolate: Chocolate biscuits: Yes there was an episode which involved a chocolate cookie mill.
- ginger: Ginger tea or ginger biscuits may also be helpful.
- choccie: I thought they were going to breakout the choccie biscuits!
- wafer: Miller Damsel Wheat Wafers A crisp wafer cookie with a a delicious, nutty flavor.
