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
: odds allowed an inferior player: such 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
: biscuit sense 2
especially
: unglazed china that is not to be glazed but is hard-fired and vitreous
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Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Hot sides French fries are a popular item at Wawa, plus soft pretzels, especially when fresh, a variety of soups, including tomato bisque and chicken noodle, and various sides like chicken strips, onion rings, and mac and cheese are available.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 25 July 2025
Leopold’s Ice Cream in Savannah, Georgia, has been a Southern staple since 1919, serving up flavors like lemon custard and rum bisque behind a marble soda fountain counter.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 1 June 2025
Its equal in the soup rankings was a richly flavorful lobster bisque with an abundance of lobster morsels.
—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, morning mist lifts from Ogunquit Beach—revealing sand gleaming like polished shell, as Perkins Cove stirs with the scent of lobster bisque and the creak of dock lines: its footbridge swinging open for passing sailboats.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Hot sides French fries are a popular item at Wawa, plus soft pretzels, especially when fresh, a variety of soups, including tomato bisque and chicken noodle, and various sides like chicken strips, onion rings, and mac and cheese are available.
—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 25 July 2025
Leopold’s Ice Cream in Savannah, Georgia, has been a Southern staple since 1919, serving up flavors like lemon custard and rum bisque behind a marble soda fountain counter.
—Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 1 June 2025
Its equal in the soup rankings was a richly flavorful lobster bisque with an abundance of lobster morsels.
—John Mariani, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025
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“Bisque.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bisque. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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