Used in a Sentence

biscuit

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for biscuit.

Editorial note

Thing is that 'cracker' is already two things - a flat savoury biscuit, and something you pull at christmas.

Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A light brown colour.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of biscuit gathered in one view.

noun

A light brown colour.

noun

A form of unglazed earthenware.

noun

(UK, Ireland, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia) A cracker.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for biscuit.

noun

A form of unglazed earthenware.

noun

(UK, Ireland, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia) A cracker.

noun

(ice hockey, shuffleboard) A puck (hockey puck).

Example sentences

1

Thing is that 'cracker' is already two things - a flat savoury biscuit, and something you pull at christmas.

2

What he doesn't say is that the keyboard stopped flashing and beeping after he threw a biscuit at his cat.

3

My parents had some old biscuit tins full of photos from their early years.

4

Its like giving a dog a biscuit every time it pisses on the rug.

5

We can't even discard a biscuit packet properly, let alone these kind of things.

6

What bothers me is that the pendulum will return to the old notion of self-esteem as a doggie biscuit for obeying one's masters.

7

They were so hungry, that just a minute before you saw them, they had to eat a biscuit, leaving residue in their teeth.

8

I go about once a month to have a sausage, egg, and cheese biscuit for breakfast.

9

The president's emergency satchel (nuclear football) or cold codes (plastic card called the biscuit) contain codes to identify the president and __authorize__ nuclear attack.

10

* A sandwich on the ~2h flight from LHR–OSL (and a biscuit on the ~1:30 flight from GLA–LHR).

11

She recovered after I took a day off and fed her a biscuit by hand the whole day, every 5 or 10 minutes.

12

If only I had a biscuit-themed nick, to go with this little sub-thread.

Quote examples

1

So, for example Tesco have a "wheat biscuit" product physically identical to Weetabix and indeed it's made in the same factory.

2

Iggy Pop 1998 album “Live on the King Biscuit Flower Hour” was used in conjunction with bright lights to generate dread in the rats for these experiments.

3

(singer of Bad Brains) made about Randy "Biscuit" Turner from Big Boys.

4

Can't a man have a biscuit when he wants it?" Then there was Christina Onassis' habit of sending her private jet out to get a twelve-pack of Diet Coke every time she ran out.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use biscuit in a sentence?

Thing is that 'cracker' is already two things - a flat savoury biscuit, and something you pull at christmas.

What does biscuit mean?

A light brown colour.

What part of speech is biscuit?

biscuit is commonly used as noun.