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bisque.

A thick creamy soup made from fish, shellfish, meat or vegetables.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/bɪsk/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. A thick creamy soup made from fish, shellfish, meat or vegetables.

    countable · uncountable
    lobster bisque
  2. A pale pinkish brown colour.

    countable · uncountable
  3. A form of unglazed earthenware; biscuit.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French bisque, possibly from Biscaye.

adj/bɪsk/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. Of a pale pinkish brown colour.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French bisque, possibly from Biscaye.

verb/bɪsk/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. To prepare ceramics in the bisque style.

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French bisque, possibly from Biscaye.

noun/bɪsk/General-American, Received-Pronunciation
  1. An extra turn, free point or some other advantage allowed.

  2. An extra turn, free point or some other advantage allowed. A free turn in a handicap croquet match.

  3. An extra turn, free point or some other advantage allowed. A free point in a handicap real tennis match.

  4. 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
  5. 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
Where this word comes from

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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