Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun biscuit
2 senses of biscuit
Sense 1
biscuit -- (small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda)
=> quick bread -- (breads made with a leavening agent that permits immediate baking)
Sense 2
cookie, cooky, biscuit -- (any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term))
=> cake -- (baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat)