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bisque1 definition

bisque (bisk)

noun

  1. a rich, thick, creamy soup made from shellfish or from rabbit, fowl, etc.
  2. a thick, strained, creamy vegetable soup
  3. an ice cream containing ground macaroons or nuts

Etymology: Fr

bisque2 definition

bisque (bisk)

noun

  1. biscuit ceramic ware left unglazed in the finished state
  2. a red-yellow color

Etymology: < biscuit

bisque3 definition

bisque (bisk)

noun

a handicap of one point per set in tennis, one turn per game in croquet, or one or more strokes per game at match play in golf

Etymology: Fr

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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