A thick creamy soup made from fish, shellfish, meat or vegetables.

A pale pinkish brown colour.

(ceramics) A form of unglazed earthenware; biscuit.

(sports) An extra turn, free point, or advantage allowed in a handicap croquet or real tennis match.

(chiefly British) A form of leave or permission granted to employees or mps to be absent from work or a vote without it being counted as annual leave or affecting the outcome.

(transitive) To prepare ceramics in the bisque style.

Of a pale pinkish brown colour.