Meaning

13 senses
  1. (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

  2. (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

  3. (Ireland, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, UK, countable, uncountable)A cracker.

    cheese and biscuits

    water biscuits

  4. (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

  5. (countable, uncountable)A form of unglazed earthenware.

  6. (countable, uncountable)A light brown colour.

  7. (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.

  8. (US, countable, slang, uncountable)A plastic card bearing the codes for authorizing a nuclear attack.

  9. (US, countable, slang, uncountable)A handgun, especially a revolver.

  10. (countable, uncountable)A puck (hockey puck).

  11. (countable, slang, uncountable)The head.

  12. (New Zealand, countable, uncountable)An inner tube used in the sport of tubing, or biscuiting.

Examples

162 sentences
  1. Tom ate the whole box of biscuits.

    Том з'їв усю коробку печива.

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  2. Tom gave his dog a biscuit.

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  3. Tom gave a biscuit to his dog.

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  4. Tom rewarded his dog with a dog biscuit.

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  5. I love homemade biscuits with butter and honey.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker:
Русский
By meaning 2
small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker:
ship's "bread":
Deutsch
By meaning 1
small, flat baked good — see also cookie, cracker:
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