bisque
A thick creamy soup made from fish, shellfish, meat or vegetablesA thick creamy soup made from fish, shellfish, meat or vegetables.
» I want to become a bisque doll maker.
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8 senses(countable, uncountable)A thick creamy soup made from fish, shellfish, meat or vegetables.
lobster bisque
Bisque
густо́й супgustój
a thick cream soup made from shellfish
(countable, uncountable)A pale pinkish brown colour.
(countable, uncountable)A form of unglazed earthenware; biscuit.
Schrühware
An extra turn, free point or some other advantage allowed.
An extra turn, free point or some other advantage allowed.
A free turn in a handicap croquet match.
A free point in a handicap real tennis match.
Exemption from work or other duty on a particular day.
(British, historical)A day's leave an employee may take without warning or reason and not be counted as annual leave.
(British)Permission for an MP to be absent from a vote, granted by the whips when the absence is not likely to affect the outcome.
Examples
2 sentencesI want to become a bisque doll maker.
"Yes, the bisque-doll-like Erika" "Th-that expression is a little embarrassing, could you stop using it?"
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
Borrowed from French bisque, possibly from Biscaye. Borrowed from French bisque, of unknoBorrowed from French bisque, possibly from Biscaye.
Borrowed from French bisque, of unknown origin; Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, suggests a comparison with Spanish bisca (“gambling house, gambling den”).
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Forms
plural: bisquesWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.