noun

biscotti

biscotti

I like to dip biscotti in my coffee.

I like to dip biscotti in my coffee.

((some/a piece of)) biscotti a type of hard, twice-baked Italian cookie. I like to dip biscotti in my coffee.

Synonyms: cookie, cracker, rusk

From Italian 'bis' (twice) and 'cotto' (cooked). It literally means 'twice-cooked'.

Think of 'bi-' meaning two, like in 'bicycle'. These cookies are baked twice to make them hard.

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