/ Dictionary / Index B biscuit: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: bis•cuit Pronunciation: (bis'kit), [key] — n. a kind of bread in small, soft cakes, raised with baking powder or soda, or sometimes with yeast. a dry and crisp or hard bread in thin, flat cakes, made without yeast or other raising agent; a cracker. a cookie. a pale-brown color. Also calledunglazed earthenware or porcelain after firing. a piece of plastic or the like, prepared for pressing into a phonograph record. —adj. having the color biscuit. bis•cuit Pronunciation: (bēs-kwē'), [key] — n. French. a cookie or cracker. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: biscuit (Thesaurus) biscotto* biscuit bread Related Content Daily Word Quiz: panacea Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language