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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Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Today’s rich and delicious mushroom bisque recipe is from Chef Melvin Taylor, who spent years as the head of the kitchen operations at Horseshoe Casino in Hammond.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025
It gets topped with crispy fries smothered in cheddar cheese curds and our homemade lobster gravy, which is made by concentrating our shellfish stock, thickening it with a roux, and fortifying it with our lobster bisque.
—Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
Soups include tomato bisque, broccoli cheddar and chili.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 May 2025
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Noun
My server told me Falk was offering a special that night: The lobster bisque that was once a star on the old Maisonette menu.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Today’s rich and delicious mushroom bisque recipe is from Chef Melvin Taylor, who spent years as the head of the kitchen operations at Horseshoe Casino in Hammond.
—Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025
It gets topped with crispy fries smothered in cheddar cheese curds and our homemade lobster gravy, which is made by concentrating our shellfish stock, thickening it with a roux, and fortifying it with our lobster bisque.
—Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 5 July 2025
Soups include tomato bisque, broccoli cheddar and chili.
—Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 May 2025
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“Bisque.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bisque. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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