bisque

1 of 3

noun (1)

ˈbisk 

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

bisque

2 of 3

noun (2)

: 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

bisque

3 of 3

noun (3)

: biscuit sense 2

especially : unglazed china that is not to be glazed but is hard-fired and vitreous

Examples of bisque in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The new tiles were created using bisque, replacing sections of the original ceramic tiles. —Sharon Kennedy Wynne, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2025

Gardner hailed her caterer, Succotash, at 2601 Holmes St. in Kansas City, which served rich lobster bisque and, of course, duck. —Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2025

My favorite move: Ordering that gigantic shrimp bisque bowl for the table and splitting it with friends as a soup course. —Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 14 Nov. 2024

The sides are both distinctive — squash bisque, an esquites-crab salad, a pork-belly huarache de nixtamal with apple-mint chutney — and familiar — green beans, tots and buttermilk biscuits. —Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Feb. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

French

Noun (2)

French

Noun (3)

by shortening & alteration

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1647, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Noun (2)

circa 1656, in the meaning defined above

Noun (3)

1782, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for bisque

• brisk
• disc
• disk
• fisc
• fisk
• frisk
• risk
• whisk
• basilisk
• videodisc

Kids Definition

bisque

noun

ˈbisk

: a thick cream soup made with shellfish, meat, or vegetables