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Vinony

bisque

noun

  1. type of thick creamy soup
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /bɪsk/

adj

Etymology: Borrowed from French bisque, possibly from Biscaye.

  1. Of a pale pinkish brown colour.

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from French bisque, of unknown origin; Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, suggests a comparison with Spanish bisca (“gambling house, gambling den”).

  1. An extra turn, free point or some other advantage allowed.

    “Going round with Angus McTavish carrying your bag, she mused, was equivalent to about four bisques to the opposition. Angus McTavish was the sort of man who, just by going about looking like a frozen asset, takes all the edge and zip out of a girl's game.”

  2. An extra turn, free point or some other advantage allowed.
  3. An extra turn, free point or some other advantage allowed.
  4. Exemption from work or other duty on a particular day.
  5. Exemption from work or other duty on a particular day.

verb

Etymology: Borrowed from French bisque, possibly from Biscaye.

  1. To prepare ceramics in the bisque style.

    “I use an electric kiln strictly for bisquing my pots.”