biscuit

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

bis·cuit [biscuit biscuits] BrE [ˈbɪskɪt] NAmE [ˈbɪskɪt] noun
1. countable (BrE)a small flat dry cake for one person, usually sweet, and baked until crisp
•a packet of chocolate biscuits
•a selection of cheese biscuits
•The cake has a biscuit base (= one made from crushed biscuits).
compare ↑cookie
see also ↑digestive biscuit, ↑dog biscuit
2. countable (NAmE)a soft bread roll, often eaten with ↑gravy
3. uncountable a pale yellowish-brown colour
Idiom: ↑take the biscuit
See also: ↑take the cake

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old French bescuit, based on Latin bis ‘twice’ + coctus, past participle of coquere ‘to cook’ (so named because originally biscuits were cooked in a twofold process: first baked and then dried out in a slow oven so that they would keep).

Example Bank:
•Frank always dunks his biscuits in his tea.
•He brushed the biscuit crumbs from his jacket.
•He was cutting biscuits out and putting them on a baking tray.
•a packet of coconut biscuits

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  cookie, cooky