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| 1. biscotto | |
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| 1. subst. (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. subst. (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. subst. (UK) A cracker. | |
| cheese and biscuits, water biscuits, digestive biscuits | |
| 4. subst. (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. subst. A form of unglazed earthenware. | |
| 6. subst. A light brown colour. | |
| (color panel, FCE7D3) | |
| 7. subst. (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. subst. (US, slang) A plastic card bearing the codes for authorizing a nuclear attack. | |
| 9. subst. (ice hockey) A hockey puck. | |
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| 1. subst. biscuit, cookie | |
| 2. subst. (sports slang) tactical play between two people (or two teams) aimed to wrong or evict a third person (or a third team) | |
