ˈbiskə̇t, usu -d.+V noun
( plural biscuits also biscuit )
Etymology: Middle English bisquite, besquite, from Middle French bescuit, from ( pain ) bescuit twice-cooked bread, from pain bread + bescuit twice-cooked, from bes- bis- (from Latin bis- ) + cuit past participle of cuire to cook, from Latin coquere — more at cook
1. : any of certain hard or crisp dry baked products:
a. Britain
(1) : cracker 4
(2) : cookie 1
b. : pilot biscuit
c. : dog biscuit
2. : unglazed clayware (as porcelain or tile) permanently hardened by the dehydrating and vitrifying effect of heat
3.
a. : a quick bread made in a small shape from dough that has been rolled and cut or dropped and that is raised in the baking by a leavening agent other than yeast
baking-powder biscuits
b. : roll 2d(1)
4.
a. : almond 6a
b. : a grayish yellow
5. : a flat rounded cake of crude rubber (as Para rubber) or of synthetic rubber
6.
a. : a small piece of plastic suitable for the pressing of a single disc record ; also : plastic stock from which such pieces are prepared
b. slang : a phonograph record