biscuit

Summary

biscuit ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,060 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• biscuit is made of wheat flour^[2].
• biscuit is made of sugar^[3].
• biscuit is made of table salt^[4].
• biscuit is made of water^[5].
• biscuit is made of baking powder^[6].
• biscuit is made of milk^[7].
• biscuit is a type of cookies, biscuits, crackers^[8].
• biscuit is a type of snack^[9].
• biscuit is used for snack^[10].
• biscuit's Commons category is recorded as Biscuits^[11].
• biscuit's said to be the same as is recorded as cookies, biscuits, crackers^[12].
• biscuit's said to be the same as is recorded as cookie^[13].
• biscuit's country of origin is recorded as Great Britain^[14].
• 1784 marks the founding of biscuit^[15].
• biscuit's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Biscuits^[16].
• biscuit's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Biscuits (bread)^[17].
• biscuit's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[18].
• biscuit's partially coincident with is recorded as small pastry^[19].
• biscuit's different from is recorded as fruitcake^[20].
• biscuit's different from is recorded as cake^[21].
• biscuit's different from is recorded as fruitcake^[22].
• biscuit's different from is recorded as biscuit^[23].
• biscuit's different from is recorded as sponge cake^[24].
• biscuit's fabrication method is recorded as baking^[25].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include cookies, biscuits, crackers^[8] and snack^[9].

Origins

1784 marks the founding of biscuit^[15].

Use and Application

biscuit is used for snack^[10].

Influence

Things named for biscuit include sponge cake^[26] and Chocobi^[27], a snack^[28], founded in 2006^[29].

Why It Matters

biscuit ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,060 views/month).^[1] biscuit has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] biscuit is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for biscuit include sponge cake^[26] and Chocobi^[27], a snack^[28], founded in 2006^[29].