Pronunciation Noun
biscuit
- (chiefly, UK, Australia, Ireland, NZ, rare in the US) A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm: a cookie.
- (chiefly, North America) A small, usually soft and flaky bread, generally made with baking soda, which is similar in texture to a scone but which is usually not sweet.
- (UK) A cracker.
- cheese and biscuits
- water biscuits
- digestive biscuits
- (nautical) The "bread" formerly supplied to naval ships, which was made with very little water, kneaded into flat cakes
and slowly baked, and which often became infested with weevils. - A form of unglazed earthenware.
- A light brown colour.
- (woodworking) A thin oval wafer of wood or other material inserted into mating slots on pieces of material to be joined to provide gluing surface and strength in shear.
- Synonyms: dowel, finger joint, glue strip, spline
- (US, slang) A plastic card bearing the codes for authorizing a nuclear attack.
- (US, slang, hiphop) A handgun, especially a revolver.
- (ice hockey, shuffleboard) A puck (hockey puck).
- French: biscuit
- German: Keks
- Italian: biscotto, biscottino
- Portuguese: biscoito
- Russian: пече́нье
- Spanish: galleta
- French: biscuit
- Russian: гале́та
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