Word: biscuit
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: bis
cuit
Definition: A small, usually soft and flaky bread, generally made with baking soda, which is similar in texture to a scone but which is usually not sweet.
Morphemes:
Affix: biscuit
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A small, usually soft and flaky bread, generally made with baking soda, which is similar in texture to a scone but which is usually not sweet.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: bis-
Language: la
Decoded: bis-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: A variant of di- used to indicate that the component that does not take the prefix occurs twice in the compound: a bisoxide is of the form B2O (cf. dioxide for XO2)
Affix: coctus
Language: la
Decoded: coctus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: cooked, having been cooked.