Synonyms for bisque

Grammar : Noun

Spell : bisk

Phonetic Transcription : bɪsk

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Définition of bisque

Origin : soup, 1640s, bisk, from French bisque "crayfish soup" (17c.), said to be an altered form of Biscaye "Biscay." Gamillscheg says: "Volkstümliche Entlehnung aus norm. bisque 'schlechtes Getränk.'" Modern form in English from 1731.

As in yellow : noun sunny color

Example sentences :

In the distance a curtain of porphyry and bisque drew its shadow across the moon.
Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht

As it was I won in an uneventful six, and took with a bisque the short hole which followed.
Extract from : « Happy Days » by Alan Alexander Milne

The potter will glaze your work for you if you wish, or leave it in the bisque.
Extract from : « Indoor and Outdoor Recreations for Girls » by Lina Beard

A bisque is one stroke which may be claimed at any time during a set.
Extract from : « The Sportswoman's Library, v. 2 » by Various

I tell you: how would it be if we began with a bisque of crab?
Extract from : « The Imitator » by Percival Pollard

And just to prove it I'll bet you a ball a hole from here in—no handicap—not even a bisque.
Extract from : « Fore! » by Charles Emmett Van Loan

I assure you I shall appreciate anything from hardtack to bisque ice-cream.
Extract from : « The Girl from Montana » by Grace Livingston Hill

The bisque of almonds requires one pound blanched almonds, one heaping cup of sugar and two pints of cream.
Extract from : « Suppers » by Paul Pierce

The ice cream was made to look like wood, the caterer using a mixture of vanilla, chocolate, bisque and lemon flavors.
Extract from : « Bright Ideas for Entertaining » by Mrs. Herbert B. Linscott

Bisque, bisk, n. a rich soup made of meat or fish slowly stewed and seasoned, crayfish soup.
Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various

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