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Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S.biscuits or a biscuit: I like biscuit bread more than corn bread for supper.[1400-50; late ME]
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biscuit bread — Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. biscuits or a biscuit: I like biscuit bread more than corn bread for supper. [1400 50; late ME] … Useful english dictionary
Biscuit — Bis cuit, n. [F. biscuit (cf. It. biscotto, Sp. bizcocho, Pg. biscouto), fr. L. bis twice + coctus, p. p. of coquere to cook, bake. See {Cook}, and cf. {Bisque} a kind of porcelain.] 1. A kind of unraised bread, of many varieties, plain, sweet,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Biscuit (disambiguation) — Biscuit, literally meaning twice baked, typically refers to various baked goods from different countries.Biscuit as a food may refer to:*Biscuit, in North America, a small, round, soft, moist, and cake shaped piece of quick bread *Cookie, a small … Wikipedia
biscuit — [bis′kit] n. pl. biscuits or biscuit [ME bisquit, besquit < OFr bescuit (altered, under infl. of OIt biscotto) < ML biscoctum < (panis) bis coctus, (bread) twice baked < L bis, twice (see BINARY) + coctus, pp. of coquere,COOK] 1.… … English World dictionary
biscuit — (n.) respelled early 19c. from bisket (16c.), ultimately (besquite, early 14c.) from O.Fr. bescuit (12c.), lit. twice cooked; altered under influence of cognate O.It. biscotto, both from M.L. biscoctum, from L. (panis) bis coctus (bread) twice… … Etymology dictionary
Biscuit — A biscuit (IPAEng|ˈbɪskɨt) is a small baked product; the exact meaning varies markedly in different parts of the world. The origin of the word biscuit is from Latin via Middle French and means cooked twice , hence biscotti in Italian (similar to… … Wikipedia
biscuit — biscuitlike, adj. /bis kit/, n. 1. a kind of bread in small, soft cakes, raised with baking powder or soda, or sometimes with yeast. 2. Chiefly Brit. a. a dry and crisp or hard bread in thin, flat cakes, made without yeast or other raising agent; … Universalium
bread — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. staff of life; white, rye, pumpernickel, sourdough, whole wheat, etc. bread; slang, money. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Grain product] Syn. loaf, baked goods, the staff of life. Types of bread include:… … English dictionary for students
Biscuit de mer — Exemple de biscuit de mer (Musée de la Marine d Elseneur, Danemark). Celui ci est présenté comme étant le plus vieux biscuit de mer connu. Le biscuit de mer, aussi nommé galette, est une sorte de pain sec utilisé par les marins lors des voyages… … Wikipédia en Français
biscuit — noun (plural biscuits; also biscuit) Etymology: Middle English bisquite, from Anglo French besquit, from (pain) besquit twice cooked bread Date: 14th century 1. a. any of various hard or crisp dry baked products: as (1) … New Collegiate Dictionary
