biscuit has definitions from the fields of chemistry,food
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[ noun ] (chemistry,food) small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda

Used in print

(Christopher Davis, First Family....)

Virginia treated him with_attention and tried to tempt his appetite with special food : biscuits , cookies , candies - the result of devoted hours in the tiled kitchen .

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[ noun ] (chemistry,food) any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term)

Synonyms

cookie cooky

Used in print

(Morley Callaghan, A Passion in Rome....)

The Ferraros offered them biscuits with the coffee .

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