biscuit

noun

/ˈbɪskɪt/

Idioms

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[countable] (British English) a small flat dry cake for one person, usually sweet, and baked until hard
- a packet/tin of chocolate biscuits
- a selection of cheese biscuits
- The cake has a biscuit base (= one made from crushed biscuits).
- We were offered a cup of tea and some biscuits.
compare cookie see also digestive biscuit, dog biscuit, tea biscuit
Extra Examples
- Frank always dunks his biscuits in his tea.
- He brushed the biscuit crumbs from his jacket.
- He was cutting biscuits out and putting them on a baking tray.
- a packet of coconut biscuits
Topics Fooda2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- dry
- hard
- flaky
- …
… of biscuits
- box
- packet
- tin
- …
verb + biscuit
- eat
- have
- nibble
- …
biscuit + noun
- barrel
- tin
- crumbs
- …
phrases
- cheese and biscuits
- biscuits and gravy
See full entry
[countable] (North American English) a soft bread roll, often eaten with gravyTopics Foodc2
[uncountable] a pale yellow-brown colour
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Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French bescuit, based on Latin bis ‘twice’ + coctus, past participle of coquere ‘to cook’ (so named because originally biscuits were cooked in a twofold process: first baked and then dried out in a slow oven so that they would keep).

Idioms

take the biscuit (British English)

(also take the cake North American English, British English)

(informal) to be the most surprising, annoying, etc. thing that has happened or that somebody has done
- You've done some stupid things before, but this really takes the biscuit!

单词	biscuit
释义	biscuit noun /ˈbɪskɪt/ /ˈbɪskɪt/ Idioms jump to other results [countable] (British English) a small flat dry cake for one person, usually sweet, and baked until hard a packet/tin of chocolate biscuits a selection of cheese biscuits The cake has a biscuit base (= one made from crushed biscuits). We were offered a cup of tea and some biscuits. compare cookie see also digestive biscuit, dog biscuit, tea biscuit Extra Examples Frank always dunks his biscuits in his tea. He brushed the biscuit crumbs from his jacket. He was cutting biscuits out and putting them on a baking tray. a packet of coconut biscuits Topics Fooda2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective dry hard flaky … … of biscuits box packet tin … verb + biscuit eat have nibble … biscuit + noun barrel tin crumbs … phrases cheese and biscuits biscuits and gravy See full entry [countable] (North American English) a soft bread roll, often eaten with gravyTopics Foodc2 [uncountable] a pale yellow-brown colour More Like This Silent lettersSilent letters gnarled gnash gnat gnaw gnome haute cuisine heir herb honour hors d’oeuvre hour knack knee kneel knife knight knit knob knock knot know knuckle psalm psephology psychic ptarmigan pterodactyl psychology wrangle wrap wreath wreck wrench wrestle wriggle wring write wrong bomb climb crumb doubt lamb limb ascent fascinate muscle scene scissors height right sleigh weight align campaign design foreign malign reign unfeigned balmy calm calf half yolk autumn column condemn damn hymn solemn bristle fasten listen mortgage soften thistle wrestle biscuit build circuit disguise guilty league rogue vague yacht answer sword two Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French bescuit, based on Latin bis ‘twice’ + coctus, past participle of coquere ‘to cook’ (so named because originally biscuits were cooked in a twofold process: first baked and then dried out in a slow oven so that they would keep). Idioms take the biscuit (British English) (also take the cake North American English, British English) (informal) to be the most surprising, annoying, etc. thing that has happened or that somebody has done You've done some stupid things before, but this really takes the biscuit!
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