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# biscuit

«biscuit» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, a biscuit…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a biscuit, biscuits)

### meaning for a pupil

1) In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, a biscuit is a small flat sweet baked treat, called a cookie in the USA. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/biscuit/#m1)

2) In the USA and Canada, a biscuit is a small soft bread roll, often eaten with gravy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/biscuit/#m2)

3) A dog biscuit is a hard treat for dogs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/biscuit/#m3)

4) A biscuit can also be a hard, plain biscuit carried on long journeys, not only a sweet treat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/biscuit/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A hard, dry kind of bread or cake. In the primary lessons: In everyday life, biscuits come with tea or as a snack; children learn to share biscuits fairly and ask before taking one. In maths, biscuits often appear in sharing and division problems: 12 biscuits shared equally among 4 children gives 3 each. Phrases: a packet of biscuits, biscuit tin, chocolate biscuit, dog biscuit, take the biscuit.

### examples

- And take with thee ten loaves, and biscuits, and a cruse of honey, and go to him; he will tell thee what shall become of the child.' (Prophets 1KI.14.3, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/biscuit/#x1)
- Would you like a biscuit with your milk? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/biscuit/#x2)
- Grandma keeps biscuits in a tin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/biscuit/#x3)
- Share the 20 biscuits equally among 5 friends: 4 each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/biscuit/#x4)
- Chocolate biscuits are my favourite. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/biscuit/#x5)
- In America, biscuits are eaten with butter and gravy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/biscuit/#x6)
- Don't feed the dog chocolate biscuits; chocolate is poisonous to dogs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/biscuit/#x7)
- Give the dog a dog biscuit as a treat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/biscuit/#x8)
- Ask before you take a biscuit. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/biscuit/#x9)
- Now the Pope had a few biscuits in his cassock, and the companion he had picked up had a couple of small loaves.[456] [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/biscuit/#x10)

### note

Spelling trap: biscuit has a silent u and i: said «BIS-kit». British biscuit = American cookie; American biscuit is like a British scone. «That takes the biscuit» (British) means that is the most annoying or surprising thing.

### In the corpora

- ["I'm being good today" about food is just a phrase; eating a biscuit does not make anyone bad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights/10/)
- [In the locker: «biscuits, potted lobster, sardines».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/30-willows-ch2-part2-the-canary-coloured-cart/30/)
- [They hunt and find sardines, biscuits and a sausage.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/43-willows-ch5-part3-sardines-and-carol-singers/9/)
- [Moving house is hard, and a welcome, like a card or some biscuits, helps a new family feel at home.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/123-neighbours-and-new-people/6/)
- [He lost his pudding, and Mum said it was more for the lie than for the biscuits.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/336-little-lies-at-home/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «biscuit» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/biscuit/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.