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bisque

bisque

9 7.4
A rich creamy soup made from shellfish like lobster or crab
  • 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.

Examples

  • If lobster bisque is on the menu, I'll order it.

  • For dinner, I ordered a delicious bisque made with fresh crab and herbs.

  • Come on, your kid had lobster bisque for lunch the other day.

    A Simple Favor (2018)

  • We begin with lobster bisque.

    The Brothers Grimm (2005)

  • 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.

  • 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

soup
vsbisque
648 1.0

A hot dish of meat, fish, or vegetables cooked in water

is a rich creamy variety that is smooth and usually made from shellfish

How Creamy

bisque
9 7.4
soup
648 1.0
broth
66 1.0

Surface Forms

bisque singular
bisques plural

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.