biscuit
A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firmA small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie.
» Tom ate the whole box of biscuits.
Том з'їв усю коробку печива.
Том з'їв цілу коробку печива.
Meaning
13 senses(Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, UK, countable, sometimes, uncommon, uncountable)A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie.
Keks
пече́ньеpečénʹje, бискви́тbiskvít
пе́чивоpéčyvo, біскві́тbiskvít
(Canada, US, countable, rare, uncountable)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.
small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda
(Ireland, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, UK, countable, uncountable)A cracker.
cheese and biscuits
water biscuits
(countable, especially, uncountable)Any of several hard bread or breadlike foodstuffs, especially those formerly supplied to naval ships and armies, made with very little water, kneaded into flat cakes, and slowly baked, and which often became infested with weevils.
Near-synonyms: tack, bread
гале́таgaléta
(countable, uncountable)A form of unglazed earthenware.
(countable, uncountable)A light brown colour.
(countable, uncountable)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.
(US, countable, slang, uncountable)A plastic card bearing the codes for authorizing a nuclear attack.
(US, countable, slang, uncountable)A handgun, especially a revolver.
(countable, uncountable)A puck (hockey puck).
(countable, slang, uncountable)The head.
(New Zealand, countable, uncountable)An inner tube used in the sport of tubing, or biscuiting.
Examples
162 sentencesTom ate the whole box of biscuits.
Том з'їв усю коробку печива.
Tom gave his dog a biscuit.
Tom gave a biscuit to his dog.
Tom rewarded his dog with a dog biscuit.
I love homemade biscuits with butter and honey.
Translations
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Forms
plural: biscuitsSynonyms
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62 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable