noun
1. any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term)
• Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain
• Hypernyms: ↑cake
• Hyponyms:
↑teacake, ↑tea biscuit, ↑dog biscuit, ↑butter cookie, ↑spice cookie, ↑almond cookie, ↑almond crescent, ↑brownie, ↑gingersnap, ↑ginger snap, ↑snap, ↑ginger nut, ↑macaroon, ↑kiss, ↑ladyfinger, ↑anise cookie, ↑molasses cookie, ↑oreo, ↑oreo cookie, ↑raisin-nut cookie, ↑refrigerator cookie, ↑raisin cookie, ↑fruit bar, ↑sugar cookie, ↑oatmeal cookie, ↑chocolate chip cookie, ↑Toll House cookie, ↑fortune cookie, ↑gingerbread man, ↑wafer, ↑granola bar
2. the cook on a ranch or at a camp
• Syn: ↑cookie
• Hypernyms: ↑cook
Useful english dictionary. 2012.