dry biscuit
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2.5
- noun
- UK
:
galleta seca
- After the long hike, they enjoyed tea and shared a pack of dry biscuits that weren't very tasty.
Examples
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He grimaced as he chewed the dry biscuit, wishing it had more moisture and flavor.
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A woman in an official uniform distributed two dry biscuits wrapped in plastic to each person, and at some point the conductor passed out certificates entitling us to a partial refund of our fare to be claimed at the Florence station.
Academic text (2002) -
At the party, everyone avoided the dry biscuit because it was hard and flavorless.
Synonyms
A thin, crisp biscuit often eaten with cheese
Antonyms
How Dry
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly built from 'dry' (lacking moisture or plain) modifying 'biscuit' (a type of baked snack), so a learner who knows both words can infer a hard, plain, moisture‑free biscuit and the evaluative sense of blandness. This adjective+noun composition is a regular, cross‑linguistic pattern and therefore readily predictable for a B1 learner.
Etymology
Dry biscuit may come from the simple picture of a hard, plain biscuit that is very dry and has little taste. Because the food is dull to eat, people call something boring or 'uninteresting' a dry biscuit.