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Definition of bisque noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

bisque

noun

/bɪsk/

/bɪsk/

[uncountable, countable]

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a thick soup, especially one made from shellfish
- lobster bisque
see also chowder
Word OriginFrench, ‘crayfish soup’.

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