plural biscuits also biscuit
Definition of biscuit
1a
US
: a small quick bread made from dough that has been rolled out and cut or dropped from a spoon
While both types of biscuit use the same handful of ingredients and are quick to prepare, drop biscuits don't rely on any of the finicky steps rolled biscuits require to get them just right.— Sandra Wu
b
British
: cookie
The children were divided into groups of five seated round a table and each one was given a chocolate biscuit.— H. Colin Davis
2
: earthenware or porcelain after the first firing and before glazing
biscuit china
— called also bisque
3a
: a light grayish-yellowish brown
b
: a grayish yellow
4
woodworking
: a small, flat oval of compressed wood that is glued into slots cut into the sides of two boards which are to be joined in order to increase the strength of the resulting bond
Have several clamps at the ready; then add glue to the biscuits, push them into the maple slots, and clamp the maple in place. The dry, compressed biscuits swell once glue is applied, so you have to work quickly.— Mike McClintock
— compare tenon entry 1
5
slang
: a hockey puck
To control the biscuit, you've got to win faceoffs.— Lindsay Berra
— see also take the biscuit
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The first known use of biscuit was in the 14th century
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