1
a
: a thick cream soup made with shellfish or game
b
: a cream soup of pureed vegetables
2
: ice cream containing powdered nuts or macaroons
: odds allowed an inferior player: such as
a
: a point taken when desired in a set of tennis
b
: an extra turn in croquet
c
: one or more strokes off a golf score
: biscuit sense 2
especially
: unglazed china that is not to be glazed but is hard-fired and vitreous
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Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 3 Dec. 2023
Try this pumpkin butternut squash bisque, which offers a rich yet delicate puree flavored with brown butter and sage.
—Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 6 Nov. 2023
This bisque is creamy, savory, and yes, has bits of lobster in it.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
Apparently, eating its oyster bisque will reveal one’s true love.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 17 July 2023
Editor’s pick: For a living room glow-up, this mohair Saturday Sofa in bisque from by Rafael de Cardenas is the first item on our wish list.
—Raya Rockwood, Dallas News, 11 Aug. 2023
Noah Wagner Genre: Magical Realism Romance Now in advanced development, and inspired by Noah Wagner’s personal experiences, the film centers on a journalist who ends up in a mysterious restaurant that guarantees that eating its oyster bisque will reveal your true love.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 17 July 2023
Choose between lobster Wellington with lobster bisque or beef Wellington with thyme jus for the main course.
—Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2021
Soups are lobster bisque for $7, asparagus or potato leek, both for $6.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Mar. 2021
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Noun
While bisques are smooth and silky, crab chowder tends to have chunks of ingredients throughout, including crabmeat and potatoes, if using.
—Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 3 Dec. 2023
Try this pumpkin butternut squash bisque, which offers a rich yet delicate puree flavored with brown butter and sage.
—Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 6 Nov. 2023
This bisque is creamy, savory, and yes, has bits of lobster in it.
—Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 18 Sep. 2023
Apparently, eating its oyster bisque will reveal one’s true love.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 17 July 2023
Editor’s pick: For a living room glow-up, this mohair Saturday Sofa in bisque from by Rafael de Cardenas is the first item on our wish list.
—Raya Rockwood, Dallas News, 11 Aug. 2023
Noah Wagner Genre: Magical Realism Romance Now in advanced development, and inspired by Noah Wagner’s personal experiences, the film centers on a journalist who ends up in a mysterious restaurant that guarantees that eating its oyster bisque will reveal your true love.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 17 July 2023
Choose between lobster Wellington with lobster bisque or beef Wellington with thyme jus for the main course.
—Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 4 May 2021
Soups are lobster bisque for $7, asparagus or potato leek, both for $6.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Mar. 2021
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nounˈbisk
: a thick cream soup made with shellfish, meat, or vegetables
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