[ˈbɪskɪt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a small baked unleavened cake, typically crisp, flat, and sweet
(e.g: a chocolate biscuit)

- porcelain or other pottery which has been fired but not glazed
(e.g: biscuit ware)

- a light brown colour

- a small flat piece of wood used to join two larger pieces of wood together, fitting into slots in each


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French bescuit, based on Latin bis ‘twice’ + coctus, past participle of coquere ‘to cook’ (so named because originally biscuits were cooked in a twofold process: first baked and then dried out in a slow oven so that they would keep)