1 [C] (BrE) a small flat dry cake for one person, usually sweet, and baked until crisp:
a packet of chocolate biscuits * a selection of cheese biscuits * The cake has a biscuit base (= one made from crushed biscuits).
compareCOOKIE
seealsoDIGESTIVEBISCUIT, DOGBISCUIT
2 [C] (AmE) a soft bread roll, often eaten with GRAVY
3 [U] a pale yellowish-brown colour
IDIOMS
take the biscuit (BrE) (also take the cake AmE, BrE) (informal) to be the most surprising, annoying, etc. thing that has happened or that sb has done:
You've done some stupid things before, but this really takes the biscuit!
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