bisque

See also: bisqué

English

WOTD – 6 June 2016

A bowl of lobster bisque (sense 1)

A Queen Alexandra bisque doll with a head made of bisque (sense 3), from the collection of the Guildhall Museum in Rochester, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Borrowed from French bisque, possibly from Biscaye.

bisque (countable and uncountable, plural bisques)

A thick creamy soup made from fish, shellfish, meat or vegetables.

lobster bisque
A pale pinkish brown colour.

bisque colour:
(ceramics) A form of unglazed earthenware; biscuit.

thick creamy soup

form of unglazed earthenware

bisque (not comparable)

Borrowed from French bisque, of unknown origin; Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française,^[1] suggests a comparison with Spanish bisca (“gambling house, gambling den”).

bisque (plural bisques)

(sports) An extra turn, free point or some other advantage allowed.
- 1937 March 19, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, Lord Emsworth and Others, London: Herbert Jenkins, OCLC 851336728; republished Woodstock, N.Y.: The Overlook Press, 2002, ISBN 978-1-58567-277-6 , pages 137–138:
  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.
1. A free turn in a handicap croquet match.
2. A free point in a handicap real tennis match.

bisque f (plural bisques)

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