Collins English-English Dictionary

biscuit ['bɪskɪt]

1. 1. n [Brit] a small flat dry sweet or plain cake of many varieties, baked from a dough cookie

2. 2. n [US and Canadian] a kind of small roll similar to a muffin

3. 3. n a pale brown or yellowish-grey colour

4. 4. n (as adjective)

   biscuit gloves

5. 5. n [Etymology] C14: from Old French, from (pain) bescuit twice-cooked (bread), from bes bis + cuire to cook, from Latin coquere

6. 6. n bisque earthenware or porcelain that has been fired but not glazed