bis‧cuit S2 /ˈbɪskət, ˈbɪskɪt/ noun
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: bescuit, from Latin bis 'twice' + coctus 'cooked']

1. [countable] British English a small thin dry cake that is usually sweet and made for one person to eat Synonym : cookie American English:
a packet of chocolate biscuits
cheese and biscuits

2. [countable] American English a type of soft bread baked in small round pieces

3. [uncountable] a light brown colour

4. take the biscuit British English informal to be the most surprising, annoying etc thing you have ever heard:
I’ve heard some excuses, but this really takes the biscuit!

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biscuit
noun
ADJ. dry | soggy, stale | chocolate, ginger, etc. | digestive, shortbread, wafer | cat, dog
QUANT. box, packet, tin a packet of coconut biscuits
VERB + BISCUIT eat, have | nibble | bake, make | cut out He was cutting biscuits out and putting them on a baking tray.
BISCUIT + NOUN barrel, tin | crumbs He brushed the biscuit crumbs from his jacket.
PHRASES cheese and biscuits
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