Bisk
bisque1 .
a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ob River, SE of Barnaul.
a thick cream soup, especially of puréed shellfish or vegetables.
ice cream made with powdered macaroons or nuts.
Historical Examples
Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) Various
Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) Various
noun
a less common spelling of bisque1
noun
a variant spelling of Biysk
noun
a thick rich soup made from shellfish
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a pink to yellowish tan colour
(as modifier): a bisque tablecloth
(ceramics) another name for biscuit (sense 4)
noun
(tennis, golf, croquet) an extra point, stroke, or turn allowed to an inferior player, usually taken when desired
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