(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.
Macaroon
Definition:
(n.) A small cake, composed chiefly of the white of eggs, almonds, and sugar.
(n.) A finical fellow, or macaroni.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is one of a series of cultural negotiations that are most intense over a running gag involving famous song lyrics, which MacAroon spouts when he is lost for words.
(2) They won’t rub your nose in their mad patisserie skillz or grab your collar and tell you “I’m fully committed to making macaroons my life”.
(3) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Vladimir Putin and Thomas Bach share a joke over coffee and macaroons near the Olympic Park at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
(4) After a semi-final that saw platters of immaculate choux swans, jewel-coloured macaroons and dainty sponges put before the judges, the technical challenge – a stand of sweet fondant fancies, nestled, pink and delicious as if awaiting a party of angelic children – was a reminder that even a GBBO finalist still needs the guidance of Berry.
(5) It wasn't even a ball of vanilla ice cream or a plate of patisserie- bought, pastel-coloured macaroons.
(6) An immaculate woman, all but blinded by the potted plant she is carrying, blunders haplessly through a platter of macaroons that has been left on the floor.
(7) MacAroon, the wronged Pictish prince, has a large tattoo on his chest that causes some curiosity among the Gauls.
(8) This year’s hopefuls fit the usual pattern: piff bakerettes whose charms are only enhanced by a stuffy marquee “glow” and icing sugar in their hair: cool grans; hip twentysomethings you’d be surprised could competently make a cuppa but then turn out 36 immaculate macaroons; single-minded baking masters with dossiers on Nigella cross-referenced with the entire Good Food archive; and those whose love of baked goods places them more towards the excited labrador end of the enthusiasm spectrum, while the crumb of their talent is a little on the dry side.
(9) For the younger generation, juggling a number of very real problems, making yourself concentrate on a batch of macaroons can be a surprisingly helpful break.
(10) Guests were offered bottled water and French macaroons in the grand first-floor drawing room of the residence, a few doors down the white stucco terrace from the embassy itself, scene of the SAS’s famous hostage rescue in 1980.
(11) The macaroon crumbs, on balance, will have to suffice.
(12) Remove the macaroons from the freezer, then one at a time dip them upside down in the chocolate so just the ganache is covered.
(13) Is he talking about a fantasy of being transfixed, maybe with a macaroon or a card trick?
(14) But they're at the heart of baking, and for good reason: the almond's mellow flavour means that it can form the foundations of frangipane, flourless cakes, macaroons, pralines and marzipan, without overpowering other ingredients or leaving the recipe unpalatably rich.
(15) So now the entire world is in Paris but I am here doing Red Nose baked goods with Mr Cobber going Sabrina, listen to Lynton, the Bulgarians are coming, do not even think of making freaking macaroons and I hope it is lard in that fucking frosting, and Craig styling the apron shots *puts on get-a-load-of-this-Tim-Loughton face* and Dave going, babes, Claire Perry checked & apparently most ordinary people bake in red nylon wigs?
(16) Place on a plate, macaroon side down, and freeze for an hour.
(17) 3 Turn all your macaroons upside down and use a knife to smear a thick cone of ganache on top of each one.
(18) Outside in the hall, the PRs are flitting, the security guards are jumpy and the macaroon crumbs have yet to be cleared from the carpet outside suite 123.
(19) Allow the macaroon bases to cool before peeling them off the baking sheet.
(20) With a string quartet playing in the entrance hall, intense discussions on whether ushers should wear matching cufflinks, and stalls displaying everything from chocolate macaroons to crystal-encrusted table centre pieces, this was a wedding fair much like any other.