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Definition of biscuit
biscuits
alsobiscuit
1a : any of various hard or crisp dry baked products: such as (1) British : cracker 4 (2) British : cookieb : a small quick bread made from dough that has been rolled out and cut or dropped from a spoon
2 : earthenware or porcelain after the first firing and before glazing
3a : a light grayish-yellowish brownb : a grayish yellow
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Recent Examples of biscuit from the Web
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Little surprises pop up everywhere, from smoky urfa biber pepper (on yogurt) to oozy guava jam (alongside a cheese biscuit).
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The New Center café will feature Avalon's sweet and savory Bellevue buttermilk biscuits with a variety of toppings.
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The toxic metal was most commonly found in fruit juices such as grape and apple, root vegetables such as sweet potatoes and carrots, and cookies such as teething biscuits.
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Features: All-natural dog biscuits made with locally provided spent beer grains in Arvada and sold at local breweries and pet supply shops.
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Other eats Baba’s Biscuits and Gravy with fried chicken ($8.25) was a robust start to the day.
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The eatery is known for its omelets, pancakes, French toast, cinnamon rolls and buttermilk biscuits smothered with country-style gravy, as well as hearty lunchtime offerings.
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This Sanford restaurant’s Bite30 menu includes dishes such as baby octopus mopped in sorghum, a Plant City strawberry salad, maple leaf duck confit and its infamous chocolate gravy biscuit.
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Sulaiman told the AP at an evacuation center where some people wept as rescue workers handed out biscuits and water.
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Did You Know?
Long ago it was often a problem to keep food from spoiling, especially on long journeys. One way to preserve flat loaves of bread was to bake them a second time in order to dry them out. In early French, this bread was called pain bescuit or “bread twice-cooked.” Later the term was shortened to bescuit. The idea of being “twice–cooked” was lost as the term was used for any crisp flat bread or for bread made with baking soda or baking powder instead of yeast. The word was borrowed into Middle English as bisquite, but was later spelled biscuit on the model of the French spelling.
Origin and Etymology of biscuit
Middle English bisquite, from Anglo-French besquit, from (pain) besquit twice-cooked bread
BISCUIT Defined for English Language Learners
biscuit
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: a small, light roll that is eaten as part of a meal
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Medical Dictionary
biscuit
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: porcelain after the first firing and before glazing
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