Do Americans use the word "biscuit" and,if so, does it have the same meaning there as it has in Britain?

Answer 1

Yes, but an American biscuit is like a savoury British scone.

Answer 2

Biscuit Meaning

Answer 3

Yes, Americans use the word biscuit. We do not use it to mean the same thing as in British English. The sweet treat called a "biscuit" in England is called a "cookie" in America. For us, a "biscuit" is a round bready thing. The previous answer is right in saying that it is similar to a scone (which, by the way, is also a word that we use to refer to something different).

Answer 4

Being an American who studied for a semester in London, I really had to get accustomed to the difference in word usages, such as biscuit. We do use biscuit, but for us, a biscuit is not a dessert. It's a fluffy, buttery, bread-like food, about 2 inches in diameter and eaten to accompany any of the three main meals of the day. This is as opposed to Britain, where biscuit is used to describe what Americans would generically call "cookies."

Answer 5

Yes Americans use the word biscuit usally a bread for breakfast.
What the English call biscuit we call a cookie.
We Americans call people like Tenko Cowboy a pompous twit.
The reason I say this is when the English were a world power and had many colonies, they absorbed many words from the native languages. Two examples are shampoo and pajamas which was absorbed from the Indian language.

Answer 6

Did you know that "biscuit" is a French word?

"bis" means twice - "cuit" means "baked". So, "biscuit" means "baked twice". And at the origin, cookies where baked twice. So the proper translation is indeed "cookie".

Over the centuries, the word has been integrated in English. The biscuits I ate in the US where more like flaky scones. Delicious!!

French-speaking and "biscuits" eater.

Answer 7

Someone once called me a biscuit.

But I use the word "biscuit" when I want some biscuits and gravy. Mmmmm. Biscuits and gravy. With pork chops and apple sauce. With an ice cold Coca Cola trickling down my throat.

Mmmmmm Mmm.

Wow. Thumbs down, huh? That kind of hurts.

Answer 8

Generically, an American biscuit is a fluffy round bread eaten hot with butter.

Culturally, with urban Americans, a biscuit is a booty (butt). Some women have round biscuits, others don't.

Ha!

Answer 9

One cannot answer this question because the meaning of 'American' isn't clear:

- A person or attribute of South or North America
- A person or attribute of the indigenous peoples of South or North America
- A person or attribute of the United States of America: the political correct term
is 'US-American'

Answer 10

As an English girl bullocks means sh*t.
And I do not think Americans would use biscuit they would probably use cookie or something where as we use the word cookie as a type of biscuit.