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Bisque
//bɪsk// adj, noun, verb
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of a pale pinkish brown colour. not-comparable
Noun
- 1 A thick creamy soup made from fish, shellfish, meat or vegetables. countable, uncountable
"lobster bisque"
- 2 An extra turn, free point or some other advantage allowed.
"Going round with Angus McTavish carrying your bag, she mused, was equivalent to about four bisques to the opposition. Angus McTavish was the sort of man who, just by going about looking like a frozen asset, takes all the edge and zip out of a girl's game."
- 3 a thick cream soup made from shellfish wordnet
- 4 A pale pinkish brown colour. countable, uncountable
- 5 An extra turn, free point or some other advantage allowed.; A free turn in a handicap croquet match.
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- 6 A form of unglazed earthenware; biscuit. countable, uncountable
- 7 An extra turn, free point or some other advantage allowed.; A free point in a handicap real tennis match.
- 8 Exemption from work or other duty on a particular day.; A day's leave an employee may take without warning or reason and not be counted as annual leave. British, historical
- 9 Exemption from work or other duty on a particular day.; Permission for an MP to be absent from a vote, granted by the whips when the absence is not likely to affect the outcome. British
Verb
- 1 To prepare ceramics in the bisque style. transitive
"I use an electric kiln strictly for bisquing my pots."
Etymology
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French bisque, possibly from Biscaye.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French bisque, possibly from Biscaye.
Etymology 3
Borrowed from French bisque, possibly from Biscaye.
Etymology 4
Borrowed from French bisque, of unknown origin; Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, suggests a comparison with Spanish bisca (“gambling house, gambling den”).
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