How do you use the word "biscuit" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "biscuit" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "biscuit": "Mom, please can I have a biscuit?" "No, you can't; you shouldn't eat between meals." "Mum, can I have a biscuit?" "No, you shouldn't eat between meals."

Biscuit Meaning

/ˈbɪs.kɪt/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie.

nounA 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.

Sentence Examples

"Mom, please can I have a biscuit?" "No, you can't; you shouldn't eat between meals."

"Mum, can I have a biscuit?" "No, you shouldn't eat between meals."

Don't you know how much sugar that biscuit has?

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CEFR Practice Quiz

She dipped her buttery ____ into the warm gravy and took a bite.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

He enjoyed a plain ____ and a cup of hot tea before he went to bed.

Word Origin & History

PIE word *dwóh₁ Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwís Proto-Italic *dwis Old Latin duis Early Medieval Latin bis Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pékʷeti Proto-Italic *kʷekʷō Early Medieval Latin coquō Early Medieval Latin coctus Early Medieval Latin biscoctus Old French bescuitbor. Middle English bisquyte English biscuit From earlier bisket, from Middle English bisquyte, from Old French bescuit (French biscuit); doublet of biscotto.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Weighed myself at the gym and have hit 10st 8lb, a sure sign of things getting out of control—so I can’t even console myself with a chocolate biscuit." — 1992 October 3, Edwina Currie, Diary:

"He was a long, earnest man, and though born on an icy coast, seemed well adapted to endure hot latitudes, his flesh being hard as twice-baked biscuit." — 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “Knights and Squires”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 125:

"Charm'd by your touch, the kneaded clay refines, / The biscuit hardens, the enamel shines […]." — 1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 87:

"In 1740, Thomas Whieldon of Little Fenton made 'toys' in either the clay or biscuit state. They were coloured with zaffre, copper, manganese, etc. and glazed with black, red or white lead." — 1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 202:

"An overfired biscuit has insufficient porosity for glazing." — 2004, Frank Hamer with Janet Hamer, The Potter's Dictionary of Materials and Techniques, 5th edition, London; Philadelphia, Penn.: A & C Black; University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 248:

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