biscuit A1

noun

• печенье (брит.), булочка (амер.)

  (брит.) печенье — небольшое плоское сухое выпечное изделие; (амер.) мягкая булочка, которую едят с маслом

  (British English) a small, flat, dry and usually sweet baked item; (American English) a soft bread roll often eaten with butter

  She had a cup of tea and a chocolate biscuit. — Она выпила чашку чая с шоколадным печеньем.

  Синонимы: cookie (AmE), cracker, scone

Сочетания: chocolate biscuit, digestive biscuit, biscuit tin, cheese and biscuits, biscuit dough, a packet of biscuits

Не путать с: cookie, cracker, scone, roll

Ложный друг: Russian 'бисквит' is a type of sponge cake, while English 'biscuit' in British English is a dry cookie, and in American English is a soft bread roll — all three are quite different.