BISCUIT

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does biscuit mean? 

• BISCUIT (noun)
  The noun BISCUIT has 2 senses:

1. small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda
2. any of various small flat sweet cakes ('biscuit' is the British term)

  Familiarity information: BISCUIT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BISCUIT (noun)

Meaning:

Small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("biscuit" is a kind of...):

quick bread (breads made with a leavening agent that permits immediate baking)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "biscuit"):

buttermilk biscuit; soda biscuit (very tender biscuit partially leavened with buttermilk and soda)

baking-powder biscuit (leavened with baking powder)

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

rolled biscuit (biscuit made from dough rolled and cut)

hardtack; pilot biscuit; pilot bread; sea biscuit; ship biscuit (very hard unsalted biscuit or bread; a former ship's staple)

Meaning:

Any of various small flat sweet cakes ('biscuit' is the British term)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

cookie; biscuit; cooky

Hypernyms ("biscuit" is a kind of...):

cake (made from or based on a mixture of flour and sugar and eggs)

Domain region:

Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "biscuit"):

tea biscuit; teacake (flat semisweet cookie or biscuit usually served with tea)

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)

chocolate chip cookie; Toll House 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)

raisin-nut cookie (cookie filled with a paste of raisins and nuts)

oreo; oreo cookie (chocolate cookie with white cream filling)

molasses cookie (very spicy cookies sweetened partially with molasses)

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 almond paste)

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)