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Noun: biscuit  bis-kit
  1. [N. Amer] Small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda
     
  2. [Brit] Any of various small flat sweet cakes
    - cookie [N. Amer], cooky [N. Amer, informal], bikky [Brit, informal], bikkie [Brit, informal], bicky [Brit, informal]
     
  3. A light brown colour
     
  4. A form of unglazed earthenware

Derived forms: biscuits

Type of: cake, light brown, quick bread

Encyclopedia: Biscuit