Biscuit Definition
bĭskĭt
biscuits
noun
biscuits
A small cake of shortened bread leavened with baking powder or soda.
American Heritage
A crisp, unleavened wafer; cookie or cracker.
Webster's New World
A thin, crisp cracker.
American Heritage
A quick bread, made light by baking powder, soda, or yeast, and baked in small pieces.
Webster's New World
Any of these pieces.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Biscuit
Noun
Singular:
biscuit
Plural:
biscuitsOrigin of Biscuit
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Middle English bisquit from Old French biscuit from Medieval Latin bis coctus Latin bis twice dwo- in Indo-European roots Latin coctus past participle of coquere to cook pekw- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From bisket, from Old French bescuit (French: biscuit).
From Wiktionary
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