biscuit

biscuit

Petit aliment plat cuit au four, généralement croquant et sucré, mais parfois salé.

En anglais simple : A small, flat baked food that is usually crisp and sweet, but can also be salty.

• Would you like a biscuit with your tea?
• She baked chocolate biscuits for the children.
• I found biscuit crumbs on the sofa.

Synonymes : cookie, cracker

Expressions courantes : chocolate biscuit, biscuit tin, a plain biscuit

petit pain

Petit pain moelleux, généralement rond et non sucré, souvent mangé chaud.

En anglais simple : A small, soft bread, usually round and not sweet, often eaten warm.

• He ate a warm biscuit with butter.
• We served biscuits and gravy for breakfast.
• These biscuits rose nicely in the oven.

Expressions courantes : buttermilk biscuit, biscuit dough, warm biscuit

biscuit de mer

Pain très dur et sec conçu pour se conserver longtemps, notamment pour les marins ou les soldats.

En anglais simple : Very hard, dry bread made to last a long time, especially for sailors or soldiers.

• The sailors lived on salted meat and biscuit.
• He softened the hard biscuit in water.
• The ship carried enough biscuit for a long voyage.

Synonymes : hardtack, ship’s bread

Expressions courantes : ship’s biscuit, hard biscuit, biscuit rations

biscuit

Poterie cuite dans un four spécial, mais pas encore recouverte d’un émail brillant.

En anglais simple : Pottery that has been heated in a special oven but has no shiny surface coating yet.

• The vase is still in biscuit.
• She applied glaze to the biscuit ware.
• Biscuit absorbs water more readily than glazed pottery.

Synonymes : bisque

Expressions courantes : biscuit ware, biscuit firing, biscuit porcelain