soda biscuit
- noun
- /ˈsoʊdə ˈbɪskɪt/
- US
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biscuit de suero
- The soda biscuit was warm, flaky, and perfect for sopping up gravy.
Examples
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She served fresh soda biscuits with homemade strawberry jam for breakfast.
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Many traditional Southern recipes call for soda biscuits as a side to fried chicken.
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I baked a soda biscuit for breakfast.
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These soda biscuits are my favorite snack.
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For breakfast, she served warm soda biscuits with butter and honey.
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The recipe called for soda biscuits, which were light and fluffy due to the baking soda.
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He enjoyed a plate of soda biscuits alongside his morning coffee.
Synonyms
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1.0
A small soft round bread roll often eaten with butter
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A soft, flaky small bread made with buttermilk and often eaten warm
A small fluffy bread that uses baking powder and people often eat for breakfast or as a side
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun is compositionally built from 'soda' (here understood as the leavening agent/baking soda) + 'biscuit', so the meaning 'a biscuit made with soda' is directly derivable from the constituents. This cooking-based compound follows a common, cross-linguistic naming pattern for food types, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand it.
Etymology
Soda biscuit is named for the way it is made: cooks use baking soda and buttermilk so the dough rises and the biscuit becomes 'light' and 'tender'. So the name points to how it is made and why the biscuit has that soft, fluffy texture.