| Английский > Английский |
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| biscuit |
| 1. n. (chiefly UK, Australia, Ireland, NZ, rare in the US) A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm: a cookie. |
| 2. n. (chiefly North America) A small, usually soft and flaky bread, generally made with baking soda, which is similar in texture to a scone but which is usually not sweet. |
| 3. n. (UK) A cracker. |
| cheese and biscuits, water biscuits, digestive biscuits |
| 4. n. (nautical) The "bread" formerly supplied to naval ships, which was made with very little water, kneaded into flat cakes and slowly baked, and which often became infested with weevils. |
| 5. n. A form of unglazed earthenware. |
| 6. n. A light brown colour. |
| (color panel, FCE7D3) |
| 7. n. (woodworking) A thin oval wafer of wood or other material inserted into mating slots on pieces of material to be joined to provide gluing surface and strength in shear. |
| 8. n. (US, slang) A plastic card bearing the codes for authorizing a nuclear attack. |
| 9. n. (ice hockey) A hockey puck. |
| Русский > Английский |
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| печенье |
| 1. n. pastry, cruller |
| 2. n. cookie (U.S.), biscuit (U.K.) |
| 3. n. cracker |
