(n.) A kind of unraised bread, of many varieties, plain, sweet, or fancy, formed into flat cakes, and bakes hard; as, ship biscuit.
(n.) A small loaf or cake of bread, raised and shortened, or made light with soda or baking powder. Usually a number are baked in the same pan, forming a sheet or card.
(n.) Earthen ware or porcelain which has undergone the first baking, before it is subjected to the glazing.
(n.) A species of white, unglazed porcelain, in which vases, figures, and groups are formed in miniature.
Example Sentences:
(1) A whole website ( nicecupofteaandasitdown.com ) is now dedicated to choosing the best biscuit for the job.
(2) The discount retailer, which sells products ranging from biscuits to dog food and washing-up liquid, said total sales increased more than 12% to nearly £350m in the three months to the end of December.
(3) Hence the nerves, hence the curtain twitching, hence the good tea cups and posh biscuits laid out on the table.
(4) In the spoiled samples, the highest total counts were 820 million in buttermilk biscuits.
(5) They were preparing the breakfast at our thatched hat, it was a tea and some biscuits,” Ali says.
(6) She almost wills her biscuits to dry out and her pies to sink.
(7) We evaluated the effect of a compound containing alginic acid plus antacid (extra-strength Gaviscon) versus active control antacid with equal acid-neutralizing capacity on intraesophageal acid exposure following a high-fat meal (61% fat: sausage, egg, and biscuit).
(8) School-age children in Chile received 30 g of wheat-flour biscuits daily through a National School Lunch Program.
(9) Bond doesn't expect WI sales at local fetes and markets to be affected as the biscuits and preserves "have been made in members' kitchens in limited quantities, as opposed to the WI Foods products that are produced by small-scale family manufacturers in larger quantities for the general public".
(10) The food they give us is biscuits, rusks and apples.
(11) Guar gum was incorporated into 10 g carbohydrate portions of cheese biscuits and 20 g carbohydrate portions of pizza and egg and bacon flan.
(12) During a metabolic ward study, the addition of dietary fiber in the form of wheat bran biscuits to the diet of five volunteer subjects resulted in an increase in the stool wet weight and fecal solids.
(13) The dog biscuits were completely consumed significantly more often than the baits (155 of 176 [88%] for the biscuits versus 89 of 176 [50.5%] for the four baits; P less than 10(-6)), but were chewed for a significantly shorter time than the baits (mean time 34 sec for the biscuit versus 60-82 sec for the four baits: P less than 0.001).
(14) Guests can choose from pancakes, eggs Benedict, homemade granola, fresh cinnamon rolls, sausage, “biscuits”, hash browns and scones.
(15) For the 600 hostages snacking on biscuits and chocolate, there is no sleep, no beds, no hot food, no hot drinks, no toilet paper, no washing facilities, a meagre supply of medicines - and, apparently, a deepening bond between the hostage takers and their victims.
(16) The message is clear: Clinton is the elderly grandmother who comes round for tea and biscuits and then has to be driven home when she falls asleep in front of Jeopardy.
(17) ANSWERS: Maths 1 C 2 11am 3 40cm Reading 1 C 2 Fine Foods Ltd 3 Answer must refer to fact that the best before dates identify the batches of biscuits that are affected.
(18) Unlike the multi-racial community living and working in Woodstock , Cape Town’s oldest suburb, the vast majority of the Old Biscuit Mill’s patrons are white, while many of those serving in the food market and other businesses are black, as are the car guards and beggars outside.
(19) Non-smokers, of both sexes, were significantly more likely than smokers to consume, frequently, fresh fruit in summer and winter, fruit juice, cooked and canned fruit, salads in summer and winter, breakfast cereals, cakes, biscuits, puddings, pasta, poultry, light desserts and preserves.
(20) It got off to a rocky start but intends to focus on Shanghai, where a rapidly growing new strata of Chinese society – the urban rich – has developed a taste for western brands from Prada to Gucci, along with French wine, Spanish olive oil and British biscuits and beer.
Crumpet
Definition:
(n.) A kind of large, thin muffin or cake, light and spongy, and cooked on a griddle or spider.
Example Sentences:
(1) "Well, it's better than being lobotomised man's crumpet, I suppose."
(2) This election has its fair share of cranks, the obligatory Monster Raving Loonies, a guy campaigning to save local pubs (to give the full triumvirate of endangered pleasures, it's the Beer, Baccy and Crumpets party).
(3) That is superb.” Another said: “Surely if you were truly patriotic it would be renamed crumpet corner?
(4) So you might say: "What I really love is a buttered crumpet," and they'll go: "That's easy!
(5) Its regulars have a habit of bringing gifts for the Balmore team: scones and crumpets are a favourite.
(6) Marks & Spencer is having a second go at exporting its uniquely British mix of clothing and crumpets to mainland Europe , pressing the button on expansion in France and scouting for sites in the big Italian and Spanish cities.
(7) But he reminds me that he has learned a lot first hand from Firth about how to make an honourable career from being perceived as costume-drama crumpet.
(8) Updated at 7.11pm BST 6.02pm BST "One hates to bother you during tea and crumpets," Mark Edwards begins, "but is Leo Messi even showing a pulse on the pitch v. Atletico?
(9) Supplies of loaves and crumpets could be hit by three weeks of action in three separate stints beginning on 28 August after three-quarters of the balloted workers voted for action.
(10) Prices are appreciably higher than at the Richmond but the teapots are silver, teabags unknown and they do serve crumpets they way crumpets should be served, on stiffly starched doilies and Wedgwood china plates.
(11) Seems like the Grauniad fraternity might prefer the regular 'crumpet' section in La Marca, which seems to have exploded recently.
(12) How did she feel about being described as the thinking man's crumpet?