biscuit

n. kind of bread; bread that comes in small flat cakes; cookie (British)

A biscuit (IPA: /bɪs.kɪt/) is a small baked bread; the exact meaning varies markedly in different parts of the world. The origin of the word "biscuit" is from Latin via Middle French and means "twice cooked". Some of the original biscuits were British naval hard tack. That was passed down to American culture, and hard tack (biscuits) was made through the 19th century.
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Noun
1. small round bread leavened with baking-powder or soda
(hypernym) quick bread
(hyponym) rolled biscuit
2. any of various small flat sweet cakes (`biscuit' is the British term)
(synonym) cookie, cooky
(hypernym) cake
(hyponym) teacake, tea biscuit
(classification) United Kingdom, UK, Great Britain, GB, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

n. biscuit, cream cake

n. biscuit, bread that comes in small flat cakes