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drop biscuit

drop biscuit

1 3.5
A small soft biscuit you make by dropping dough from a spoon and baking
  • noun
  • /drɒp ˈbɪskɪt/
  • US
translation icon : biscocho

Examples

  • She spooned the drop biscuit dough onto the tray and baked them for fifteen minutes.

  • The recipe called for drop biscuits, which are much quicker to make than rolled ones.

  • With stew, a warm drop biscuit makes a comforting meal.

  • I made some drop biscuits for breakfast.

  • Would you like a drop biscuit with your soup?

  • For breakfast, I served warm drop biscuits with honey and butter.

  • You can easily make drop biscuits by mixing the ingredients and spooning the dough onto a baking sheet.

  • Her recipe for drop biscuits is perfect for brunch, as they are quick to prepare and delicious.

Synonyms

biscuit
vsdrop biscuit
  • UK
74 1.0

A small sweet flat cake that you eat as a snack

is a specific kind made from wetter dough dropped from a spoon not rolled

Surface Forms

drop biscuit singular
drop biscuits plural

Morphology

drop + biscuit

The meaning is directly built from the constituents: a 'drop' modifying 'biscuit' signals a biscuit made by dropping spoonfuls of dough rather than rolling and cutting. This descriptive, compositional naming follows ordinary English word-formation and is inferable for a B1 learner who knows both words, even if the term is somewhat specialized to baking.

Etymology

The noun drop biscuit comes from the way they are made: you spoon soft dough and let it drop onto the baking tray so each small biscuit forms without rolling or cutting. That's why the name means a biscuit made from spooned dough, 'quick' to make.