noun🔗ShareKeks, Plätzchen(rare in the US) A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm: a cookie."For breakfast, my grandmother baked a batch of biscuits, some crisp and others soft. "Zum Frühstück backte meine Großmutter eine Ladung Kekse, einige knusprig und andere weich.foodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareKeks, BrötchenA small, usually soft and flaky bread, generally made with baking soda, which is similar in texture to a scone but which is usually not sweet."For breakfast, my dad made a batch of biscuits. "Zum Frühstück hat mein Vater eine Ladung Brötchen gebacken.foodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareKeks, CrackerA cracker."cheese and biscuits"Käse und CrackerfoodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareZwieback, SchiffszwiebackThe "bread" formerly supplied to naval ships, which was made with very little water, kneaded into flat cakes and slowly baked, and which often became infested with weevils."The sailors complained that the hard biscuit, often riddled with weevils, was their only bread ration on the long voyage. "Die Seeleute beschwerten sich, dass der harte Schiffszwieback, der oft von Käfern befallen war, ihre einzige Brotration auf der langen Reise war.foodnauticalhistorymilitaryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBiskuit, KeksA form of unglazed earthenware."The antique shop owner displayed a beautiful, light-brown biscuit. "Der Antiquitätenhändler stellte einen wunderschönen, hellbraunen Keks aus.materialsubstanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareHellbraunA light brown colour."The new paint job on the school bus gave it a nice biscuit color. "Der neue Anstrich des Schulbusses gab ihm einen schönen hellbraunen Farbton.colorChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareHolzdübel, FlachdübelA thin oval wafer of wood or other material inserted into mating slots on pieces of material to be joined to provide gluing surface and strength in shear."The carpenter used a biscuit to join the two pieces of wood together. "Der Zimmermann verwendete einen Holzdübel, um die beiden Holzstücke miteinander zu verbinden.materialtechnicalbuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAtomwaffel, AtomknopfA plastic card bearing the codes for authorizing a nuclear attack."The President always carries the biscuit, a safeguard against any potential threat to national security. "Der Präsident trägt immer den Atomknopf bei sich, einen Schutz gegen jede potenzielle Bedrohung der nationalen Sicherheit.militarypoliticsgovernmentweaponChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePistole, Schießeisen(hiphop) A handgun, especially a revolver."The rapper mentioned he wouldn't be going to school today because he had to handle a biscuit situation. "Der Rapper erwähnte, dass er heute nicht zur Schule gehen würde, weil er eine Pistolen-Situation zu regeln hatte.weaponmilitaryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePuck, Scheibe(shuffleboard) A puck (hockey puck)."The shuffleboard player carefully aimed and hit the biscuit with their mallet. "Der Shuffleboard-Spieler zielte sorgfältig und traf den Puck mit seinem Schläger.sportgameChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
