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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
The meal concluded with red fruits and vanilla biscuits.
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Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 25 July 2025
Enjoy a steaming plate of weekend-only biscuits and gravy.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2025
Start with the biscuits and gravy with a sunny-side-up egg, or the confit pork belly hash.
—Caroline Eubanks, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2025
The West Hollywood 24/7 drive-in has 80 Tesla charging stations and serves classic American diner food — biscuits and gravy, burgers, fries, tuna melts and milkshakes, to name a few of its menu items.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 26 July 2025
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Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 25 July 2025
Enjoy a steaming plate of weekend-only biscuits and gravy.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2025
Start with the biscuits and gravy with a sunny-side-up egg, or the confit pork belly hash.
—Caroline Eubanks, Travel + Leisure, 29 July 2025
The West Hollywood 24/7 drive-in has 80 Tesla charging stations and serves classic American diner food — biscuits and gravy, burgers, fries, tuna melts and milkshakes, to name a few of its menu items.
—Karoline Leonard, Austin American Statesman, 26 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biscuit
cookie
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Using additional egg yolks in a recipe can enrich dessert like cookies or brownies, but can cause an overly dense or heavy result in others.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
5 Aug. 2025
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Insomnia Cookies: Free chocolate chunk cookie with any purchase.—
Susan Selasky,
Freep.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Biscuit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biscuit. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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