biscuit in Finnish
biscuit in Finnish is keksi, teeleipä, laivakorppu — biscuit means a small, flat baked snack, either crisp (British sense, like a cookie) or soft and flaky (American sense, like a scone).
biscuit in Finnish
keksi
(UK, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, sometimes, Canada, rare) A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie.
teeleipä
(chiefly, North America, rare in Scotland and Guernsey) A 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.
laivakorppu
(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
A form of unglazed earthenware.
vaaleanruskea
A light brown colour.
keksi
(woodworking) A 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.
liitospala
(woodworking) A 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.
What does "biscuit" mean?
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noun A small, flat baked snack, either crisp (British sense, like a cookie) or soft and flaky (American sense, like a scone).
"Would you like a plain biscuit with your coffee this morning?"
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noun Unglazed pottery that has been fired once but not yet coated with glaze.
"The potter fired the bowl once and left it as biscuit until it could be glazed."
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noun Slang for a hockey puck.
"The commentator shouted that the biscuit had sailed straight into the top corner."
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biscuit in a sentence
- Would you like a plain biscuit with your coffee this morning?
- She dunked a chocolate biscuit into her tea.
- The potter fired the bowl once and left it as biscuit until it could be glazed.
- Visitors can see rows of biscuit ware waiting on shelves in the pottery workshop.
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What is "biscuit" in Finnish?
"biscuit" in Finnish is keksi, teeleipä, laivakorppu. biscuit means: A small, flat baked snack, either crisp (British sense, like a cookie) or soft and flaky (American sense, like a scone).
How do you use "biscuit" in a sentence?
Example: "Would you like a plain biscuit with your coffee this morning?" In Finnish, "biscuit" is keksi, teeleipä, laivakorppu.
Are there other ways to say "biscuit" in Finnish?
Yes — Finnish has 6 translations listed for "biscuit": keksi, teeleipä, laivakorppu, bisque, vaaleanruskea, liitospala.
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