饼干 — meaning in English

English meaning

• biscuit noun A small, flat baked snack, either crisp (British sense, like a cookie) or soft and flaky (American sense, like a scone).
• bisque noun A rich, creamy soup, traditionally made from shellfish.

Senses

饼干 is used for these senses in English:

• biscuit (especially, nautical) Any of several hard bread or breadlike foodstuffs, especially those formerly supplied to naval ships and armies, made with very little water, kneaded into flat cakes, and slowly baked, and which often became infested with weevils.
• bisque (ceramics) A form of unglazed earthenware; biscuit.

biscuit — full definition

1. noun A small, flat baked snack, either crisp (British sense, like a cookie) or soft and flaky (American sense, like a scone).
2. noun Unglazed pottery that has been fired once but not yet coated with glaze.
3. noun Slang for a hockey puck.

bisque — full definition

1. noun A rich, creamy soup, traditionally made from shellfish.
2. noun A pale pinkish-brown color.
3. noun A free extra turn or point granted as a handicap in games like croquet.

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