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biscuit

bis·cuit
B b

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bis-kit]
    • /ˈbɪs kɪt/
    • /ˈbɪskɪt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bis-kit]
    • /ˈbɪs kɪt/

Definitions of biscuit word

  • countable noun biscuit A biscuit is a small flat cake that is crisp and usually sweet. 3
  • countable noun biscuit A biscuit is a small round dry cake that is made with baking powder, baking soda, or yeast. 3
  • noun biscuit a small flat dry sweet or plain cake of many varieties, baked from a dough 3
  • noun biscuit a kind of small roll similar to a muffin 3
  • noun biscuit a pale brown or yellowish-grey colour 3
  • noun biscuit (as adjective) 3

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Origin of biscuit

First appearance:

before 1300
One of the 15% oldest English words
1300-50; Middle English bysquyte < Middle French biscuit (Medieval Latin biscoctus), variant of bescuit seamen's bread, literally, twice cooked, equivalent to bes bis1 + cuit, past participle of cuire < Latin coquere to cook1

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Parts of speech for Biscuit

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

biscuit popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

biscuit usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for biscuit

noun biscuit

  • tan — to convert (a hide) into leather, especially by soaking or steeping in a bath prepared from tanbark or synthetically.
  • cream — Cream is a thick yellowish-white liquid taken from milk. You can use it in cooking or put it on fruit or desserts.
  • fawn — a young deer, especially an unweaned one.
  • mushroom — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
  • neutral — not taking part or giving assistance in a dispute or war between others: a neutral nation during World War II.

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