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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a thick cream soup made from shellfish

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: French Date: 1647 1. a. a thick cream soup made with shellfish or game b. a cream soup of pureed vegetables 2. ice cream containing powdered nuts or macaroons II. noun Etymology: French Date: circa 1656 odds allowed an inferior player: as a. a point taken when desired in a set of tennis b. an extra turn in croquet c. one or more strokes off a golf score III. noun Etymology: by shortening & alteration Date: 1664 biscuit 2; especially unglazed china that is not to be glazed but is hard-fired and vitreous

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. a rich shellfish soup, made esp. from lobster. Etymology: F 2. n. Tennis, Croquet, & Golf an advantage of scoring one free point, or taking an extra turn or stroke. Etymology: F 3. bistable adj. (of an electrical circuit etc.) having two stable states.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bisque Bisque, n. [F.] A point taken by the receiver of odds in the game of tennis; also, an extra innings allowed to a weaker player in croquet.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bisque Bisque, n. [F.] A white soup made of crayfish.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bisque Bisque, n. [A corruption of biscuit.] Unglazed white porcelain.

Moby Thesaurus

adobe, biscuit, borscht, bouillabaisse, bouillon, bowl, brick, broth, burgoo, cement, ceramic ware, ceramics, chicken soup, china, chowder, clam chowder, clear soup, consomme, crock, crockery, egg drop soup, enamelware, firebrick, fish soup, gazpacho, glass, gravy soup, gumbo, jug, julienne, matzo ball soup, minestrone, misoshiru soup, mock turtle soup, porcelain, pot, pot-au-feu, potage, potage au tomate, potato soup, pottage, pottery, puree, refractory, soup, stock, thick soup, thin soup, tile, tiling, tomato soup, turtle soup, urn, vase, vegetable soup, vichyssoise, won ton soup