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Word: Biscuit
Speech Type: Noun
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)
ˈbɪskɪt
a small baked unleavened cake, typically crisp, flat, and sweet
Short Definition:small unleavened, crisp cake
Examples:- a chocolate biscuit
porcelain or other pottery which has been fired but not glazed
Short Definition:unglazed porcelain
Examples:- biscuit ware
a light brown colour.
Short Definition:light brown colour
a small flat piece of wood used to join two larger pieces of wood together, fitting into slots in each.
Short Definition:small piece of wood
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