bisk

noun

1. bisque¹.

noun

1. a city in the S Russian Federation in Asia, near the Ob River, SE of Barnaul.

noun

1. a thick cream soup, especially of puréed shellfish or vegetables.
2. ice cream made with powdered macaroons or nuts.

noun

1. a less common spelling of bisque 1

noun

1. a variant spelling of Biysk

noun

1. a thick rich soup made from shellfish

noun

1. 1. a pink to yellowish tan colour
   2. (as modifier)a bisque tablecloth
2. ceramics another name for biscuit (def. 4)

noun

1. tennis golf croquet an extra point, stroke, or turn allowed to an inferior player, usually taken when desired

n.1

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.

n.2

“unglazed porcelain,” 1660s, alteration of biscuit.