bisque
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- noun
- /bɪsk/
:
crema de marisco
- They serve a notorious lobster bisque.
- lobster bisque
- crab bisque
- bisque soup
That was I now want to have that lobster bisque.
- That was I now want to have that lobster bisque.
Examples
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If lobster bisque is on the menu, I'll order it.
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For dinner, I ordered a delicious bisque made with fresh crab and herbs.
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Come on, your kid had lobster bisque for lunch the other day.
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We begin with lobster bisque.
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One year I made a Dungeness crab bisque for twenty.
Blog text (6) -
That lobster bisque at the Chop house, Will's face when it first came down.
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As waiters serve lobster bisque, he hands TJ a business card.
Fiction book (1992) -
Steam poured out, clouding the silver and spreading the delicious aroma of shrimp bisque throughout the room.
Fiction book (1991) -
On his birthday last August, she had treated him to a night of his favorite things: lobster bisque and popovers at Anthony's, then the Aretha Franklin concert at Harborlights.
Fiction book (1998) -
The chef's special tonight is a flavorful bisque that includes clams and potatoes.
Synonyms
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A hot dish of meat, fish, or vegetables cooked in water
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Etymology
The word bisque may come from French parts bis- 'twice' and cuit 'cooked', the same idea you see in biscuit, so a helpful way to remember it is as a carefully 'twice-cooked' special dish. Today bisque means a rich, smooth, creamy soup often made from shellfish.