American English pronunciation

How to pronounce biscuit

IPA transcription: ['bɪskət]

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Noun

  • small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda

  • any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term)

Usage examples

  • This biscuit is yummy.
  • The naming-rights sponsor is Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits.
  • Let's have some tea and biscuits.
  • Dunk the stale biscuits into strong drink.
  • Its principal industries were engineering, bread and biscuit baking, soap-making and paint-making.
  • They made a biscuit called pilot bread for consumption on long sea voyages.
  • This biscuit is yummy.
  • There I breakfasted off a whisky-and-soda and some biscuits from the cupboard.
  • Would you like a biscuit with your tea?
  • Both are also usually eaten on toast or savoury biscuits.