biscuit

British
as in cookie
a sweet baked food that is usually small, flat, and round The afternoon tea was accompanied by an assortment of biscuits.

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Recent Examples of biscuit Hardee's offers a variety of breakfast sandwiches, wraps and even biscuits and gravy with a side of tater tots and a coffee. Katie Wiseman, The Courier-Journal, 29 Aug. 2025 The new logo replaced one that had been around since 1977, eight years after Cracker Barrel baked its first biscuit in Tennessee. Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025 Nearly next door is ButterPunk, a decadent new biscuit shop with both sweet and savory creations. Shayla Martin, AFAR Media, 28 Aug. 2025 The colors, which the company said were inspired by the restaurant's eggs and biscuits, stayed close to the original. Ali McCadden, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for biscuit
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cookie
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  • The abusive father and violent end were a little above our collective pay grade, and paired very poorly with tea and Girl Scout cookies.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2025

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“Biscuit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biscuit. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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