as in cookie
a sweet baked food that is usually small, flat, and round
The afternoon tea was accompanied by an assortment of biscuits.
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Recent Examples of biscuit
Park was never much of a biscuit lover.
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Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 29 Mar. 2026
From crowd favorite cinnamon rolls and biscuits and gravy, it may have been blown up for its shrine of 1950s nostalgia, but customers stay for the consistently good southern food.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2026
Another example is paper packets for snacks like biscuits and chips.
—Etiido Uko
march 28, New Atlas, 28 Mar. 2026
Set pan on a baking sheet; bake until biscuits are deeply browned and gravy is bubbling around edges, 55–65 minutes.
—Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
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Olivia Wakim, AJC.com, 29 Mar. 2026
From crowd favorite cinnamon rolls and biscuits and gravy, it may have been blown up for its shrine of 1950s nostalgia, but customers stay for the consistently good southern food.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2026
Another example is paper packets for snacks like biscuits and chips.
—Etiido Uko
march 28, New Atlas, 28 Mar. 2026
Set pan on a baking sheet; bake until biscuits are deeply browned and gravy is bubbling around edges, 55–65 minutes.
—Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for biscuit
cookie
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The doughnut is finished with a cookies-and-creme-flavored buttercream dollop and a red chevron nod to the NASA logo.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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Families with younger children should consider the Starlit Sleepover Offer, which transforms your room into a luxe campground, complete with a kids’ tent, galaxy projector, cookies and milk, and an in-room movie experience with snacks.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
30 Mar. 2026
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“Biscuit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biscuit. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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