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| biscuit [ bískit ] (plural biscuits) |
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1. small flat cake: a small flat dry cake that is usually sweet and crisp and can additionally contain fruit, nuts, or chocolate. Biscuits are often eaten with tea or coffee as a snack.
North American term cookie
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2. North America small round piece of bread: a small round plain piece of bread that rises with baking powder or soda and is then baked in an oven
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3. colours light brown hue: a light brown colour
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4. ceramics unglazed pottery: pottery that has been fired but not glazed
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| [14th century. < Old French bescuit 'twice-cooked' < Latin bis 'twice' + coctus, past participle of coquere 'cook'] |
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  biscuit adjective |
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take the biscuit to be the worst in a series of bad or annoying things that have already happened (informal)
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