biscuit

US: /ˈbɪskət/

UK: /bˈɪskɪt/


English - Vietnamese dictionary

biscuit /'biskit/
  • danh từ
    • bánh quy
    • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) bánh quy mặn (thường ăn nóng với bơ); bánh bơ tròn
    • đồ sứ mới nung lần thứ nhất (chưa tráng men)
    • màu bánh quy, màu nâu nhạt
    • tính từ
      • màu bánh quy, nâu nhạt

    Advanced English dictionary

    + noun
    1 [C] (BrE) a small flat dry cake for one person, usually sweet, and baked until crisp: a packet of chocolate biscuits + a selection of cheese biscuits + The cake has a biscuit base (= one made from crushed biscuits).
    Compare: COOKIE
    See also - DIGESTIVE BISCUIT, DOG BISCUIT
    2 [C] (AmE) a soft bread roll, often eaten with GRAVY
    3 [U] a pale yellowish-brown colour
    Idioms: take the biscuit (BrE) (also take the cake AmE, BrE) (informal) to be the most surprising, annoying, etc. thing that has happened or that sb has done: You've done some stupid things before, but this really takes the biscuit!

    Collocation

    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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    Concise dictionary

    biscuits'bɪskɪt
    noun
    +small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda
    +any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term)

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