noun🔗ShareBiscuit, petit gâteau(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. "Pour le petit-déjeuner, ma grand-mère a fait cuire une fournée de biscuits, certains croustillants et d'autres moelleux.foodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBiscuit, petit painA 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. "Pour le petit-déjeuner, mon père a fait une fournée de petits pains.foodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBiscuit, crackerA cracker."cheese and biscuits"Du fromage et des crackersfoodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBiscuit de mer, biscuit de marinThe "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. "Les marins se plaignaient que le dur biscuit de mer, souvent infesté de charançons, était leur seule ration de pain lors du long voyage.foodnauticalhistorymilitaryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBiscuit, biscuit de porcelaineA form of unglazed earthenware."The antique shop owner displayed a beautiful, light-brown biscuit. "Le propriétaire de la boutique d'antiquités a exposé un beau biscuit brun clair.materialsubstanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBiscotte, brun clairA light brown colour."The new paint job on the school bus gave it a nice biscuit color. "La nouvelle peinture du bus scolaire lui a donné une jolie couleur biscotte.colorChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareLamelleA 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. "Le menuisier a utilisé une lamelle pour assembler les deux morceaux de bois.materialtechnicalbuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCarte de lancement nucléaireA 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. "Le président porte toujours la carte de lancement nucléaire, une sauvegarde contre toute menace potentielle à la sécurité nationale.militarypoliticsgovernmentweaponChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePistolet, flingue(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. "Le rappeur a mentionné qu'il n'irait pas à l'école aujourd'hui parce qu'il devait gérer une situation de flingue.weaponmilitaryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePalet(shuffleboard) A puck (hockey puck)."The shuffleboard player carefully aimed and hit the biscuit with their mallet. "Le joueur de jeu de palets a visé avec soin et a frappé le palet avec son maillet.sportgameChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
