biscuit

/ˈbɪskɪt/

/ˈbɪskɪt/

Other forms: biscuits

A biscuit is a small, round type of bread. A biscuit is delicious with butter, or you might prefer your biscuits with gravy.

Biscuits are a lot like rolls, and they often serve the same purpose by being side dishes or appetizers. Baking powder or soda is used to leaven biscuits, which are best served when warm and soft. A hard, stale biscuit isn’t very appealing. People often eat biscuits as a side dish with dinner, or smothered with gravy at breakfast.

Definitions of biscuit

1. noun

   small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda
   types:

   rolled biscuit

   biscuit made from dough rolled and cut

   drop biscuit

   biscuit made from dough with enough milk that it can be dropped from a spoon

   baking-powder biscuit

   leavened with baking powder

   buttermilk biscuit, soda biscuit

   very tender biscuit partially leavened with buttermilk and soda

   hardtack, pilot biscuit, pilot bread, sea biscuit, ship biscuit

   very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple

   shortcake

   very short biscuit dough baked as individual biscuits or a round loaf; served with sweetened fruit and usually whipped cream

   type of:

   quick bread

   breads made with a leavening agent that permits immediate baking
2. noun

   any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term)
   synonyms: cookie, cooky

   types:

   tea biscuit, teacake

   flat semisweet cookie or biscuit usually served with tea

   dog biscuit

   a hard biscuit for dogs

   butter cookie

   cookie containing much butter

   spice cookie

   cookie flavored with spices

   almond cookie, almond crescent

   very rich cookie containing ground almonds; usually crescent-shaped

   brownie

   square or bar of very rich chocolate cake usually with nuts

   ginger nut, ginger snap, gingersnap, snap

   a crisp round cookie flavored with ginger

   macaroon

   chewy cookie usually containing coconut shavings

   kiss

   a cookie made of egg whites and sugar

   ladyfinger

   small finger-shaped sponge cake

   anise cookie

   cookie made without butter and flavored with anise seed

   molasses cookie

   very spicy cookies sweetened partially with molasses

   oreo, oreo cookie

   chocolate cookie with white cream filling

   raisin-nut cookie

   cookie filled with a paste of raisins and nuts

   refrigerator cookie

   dough formed into a roll and chilled in the refrigerator then sliced and baked

   raisin cookie

   cookie containing raisins

   fruit bar

   cookies containing chopped fruits either mixed in the dough or spread between layers of dough then baked and cut in bars

   sugar cookie

   cookies sprinkled with granulated sugar

   oatmeal cookie

   cookies containing rolled oats

   Toll House cookie, chocolate chip cookie

   cookies containing chocolate chips

   fortune cookie

   thin folded wafer containing a maxim on a slip of paper

   gingerbread man

   gingerbread cut in the shape of a person

   wafer

   a small thin crisp cake or cookie

   granola bar

   cookie bar made of granola

   shortbread, shortbread cookie

   a very rich, thick butter cookie

   ratafia, ratafia biscuit

   macaroon flavored with ratafia liqueur

   coconut macaroon

   macaroon containing coconut

   apricot bar

   fruit bar containing apricot jam

   date bar

   fruit bar containing chopped dates

   brandysnap

   a gingersnap flavored with brandy

   type of:

   cake

   baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat