English-Thai Dictionary

biscuit

ADJ ที่ มี สีน้ำตาล อ่อน  light brown ti-me-se-nam-tan-oon

 

biscuit

N ขนมปังช นิดหนึ่ง ก้อน กลม เล็ก  ขนมปัง กรอบ มี รูปร่าง กลมๆ  kha-nom-pang-cha-nid-nueng-kon-klom-lek

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BISCUIT

n.bis'kit. [L. bis, twice, and cuit, baked. ] 1. A kind of bread, formed into cakes, and baked hard for seamen.
2. A cake, variously made, for the use of private families. The name, in England, is given to a composition of flour, eggs, and sugar. With us the name is given to a composition of flour and butter, made and baked in private families. But the compositions under this denomination are very various.
3. The body of an earthen vessel, in distinction from the glazing.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BISCUIT

Bis "cuit, n. Etym: [F. biscuit (cf. It. biscotto, Sp. bizcocho, Pg. biscouto ), fr. L. bis twice + coctus, p. p. of coquere to cook, bake. See Cook, and cf. Bisque a kind of porcelain. ]

 

1. A kind of unraised bread, of many varieties, plain, sweet, or fancy, formed into flat cakes, and bakes hard; as, ship biscuit. According to military practice, the bread or biscuit of the Romans was twice prepared in the oven. Gibbon.

 

2. A small loaf or cake of bread, raised and shortened, or made light with soda or baking powder. Usually a number are baked in the same pan, forming a sheet or card.

 

3. Earthen ware or porcelain which has undergone the first baking, before it is subjected to the glazing.

 

4. (Sculp. )

 

Defn: A species of white, unglazed porcelain, in which vases, figures, and groups are formed in miniature. Meat biscuit, an alimentary preparation consisting of matters extracted from meat by boiling, or of meat ground fine and combined with flour, so as to form biscuits.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

biscuit

bis cuit |ˈbiskit ˈbɪskɪt | ▶noun 1 a small, typically round cake of bread leavened with baking powder, baking soda, or sometimes yeast. • Brit. a cookie or cracker. 2 another term for bisque 3: [ as modifier ] : biscuit ware. 3 a light brown color. 4 a small flat piece of wood used to join two mortised planks together. ▶adjective light brown in color. DERIVATIVES bis cuit y adjective 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 ).

 

biscuit barrel

bis |cuit bar ¦rel ▶noun Brit. a small barrel-shaped container for biscuits.

 

biscuit beetle

bis |cuit bee ¦tle ▶noun a small beetle related to the furniture beetle, with larvae that feed on dried foodstuffs and stored products such as biscuits, pasta, and seeds. Also called drugstore beetle. ●Stegobium paniceum, family Anobiidae.

 

biscuit firing

biscuit firing (also biscuit fire ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] the first firing of pottery, which permanently hardens the clay.

 

biscuit jointer

bis |cuit joint ¦er ▶noun a tool used to cut slots into pieces of wood so that they can be joined using a biscuit (see biscuit ( sense 4 )).

 

Oxford Dictionary

biscuit

bis |cuit |ˈbɪskɪt | ▶noun 1 Brit. a small baked unleavened cake, typically crisp, flat, and sweet: a chocolate biscuit. • N. Amer. a small, soft round cake like a scone. 2 [ mass noun ] porcelain or other pottery which has been fired but not glazed. 3 [ mass noun ] a light brown colour. 4 Carpentry a small flat piece of wood used to join two larger pieces of wood together, fitting into slots in each. PHRASES take the biscuit (or chiefly N. Amer. cake ) informal be the most remarkable or foolish of its kind. DERIVATIVES biscuity adjective 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 ).

 

biscuit barrel

bis |cuit bar ¦rel ▶noun Brit. a small barrel-shaped container for biscuits.

 

biscuit beetle

bis |cuit bee ¦tle ▶noun a small beetle related to the furniture beetle, with larvae that feed on dried foodstuffs and stored products such as biscuits, pasta, and seeds. Also called drugstore beetle. ●Stegobium paniceum, family Anobiidae.

 

biscuit firing

biscuit firing (also biscuit fire ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] the first firing of pottery, which permanently hardens the clay.

 

biscuit jointer

bis |cuit joint ¦er ▶noun a tool used to cut slots into pieces of wood so that they can be joined using a biscuit (see biscuit ( sense 4 )).

 

Oxford Thesaurus

biscuit

biscuit noun Brit. cracker, wafer; N. Amer. cookie; informal bicky.

 

French Dictionary

biscuit

biscuit n. m. nom masculin 1 Petit gâteau sec. : Des biscuits au chocolat. 2 Porcelaine blanche non encore revêtue de sa glaçure. : Une figurine en biscuit. FORME FAUTIVE biscuit soda. Calque de « soda biscuit » pour craquelin (GDT ).

 

biscuiterie

biscuiterie n. f. nom féminin Fabrique de biscuits.

 

Spanish Dictionary

biscuit

biscuit nombre masculino 1 Porcelana mate con la que se fabrican objetos muy finos :mi madre tenía dos figuras en biscuit que eran recuerdo de la familia .2 Esp Bizcocho (masa ).3 Esp Helado muy cremoso :biscuit de ciruela sobre salsa de higos .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

biscuit

bis cuit /bɪ́skɪt /〖語源は 「2度焼いたパン 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-ts /, ～1 C ｟英 ｠ビスケット , クッキー (｟米 ｠cookie )▸ a chocolate biscuit チョコビスケット ▸ a packet of biscuits クッキー1袋 2 C ｟米 ｠ビスケット 〘小型のさっくりしたパン 〙▸ beef stew with biscuits ビスケットをそえたビーフシチュー 3 U 薄茶色 .4 U 陶器の素焼き (bisque ).b ì scuit and c ó okie ＝bookie (→rhyming slang ).b ì scuits and ch é ese ＝knees (→rhyming slang ).t à ke the b í scuit ＝take the cake .～́ c ù tter ビスケットの抜き型 .