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baba au rhum

baba au rhum noun: a yeast cake soaked in a syrup containing rum.

baba au rhum: a yeast cake soaked in a syrup containing rum
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Noun

baba au rhum (countable and uncountable, plural babas au rhum)

  1. A yeast cake soaked in a syrup containing rum.
    • A classic French dessert, baba au rhum is a syrup-soaked, soggy, boozy delight.2021 April 7, David Tanis, “Baba au Rhum”, in New York Times Cooking, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Apr 2021
    Synonyms:
    rum baba

Synonyms of baba au rhum

Forms of baba au rhum

pluralbabas au rhum

Origin of baba au rhum

Unadapted borrowing from French baba au rhum.

Questions about baba au rhum

What does baba au rhum mean?
Baba au rhum means a yeast cake soaked in a syrup containing rum.
What part of speech is baba au rhum?
Baba au rhum is a noun.
What is the plural of baba au rhum?
The plural of baba au rhum is babas au rhum.

Words near baba au rhum in the dictionary

  1. Bab-al-Mandab
  2. Bab-e-Khyber
  3. Bab-el-Mandeb
  4. baba
  5. Baba Ana
  6. baba au rhum
  7. baba ganouj
  8. baba ganoush
  9. baba ghannouj
  10. baba ghanouj
  11. baba ghanoush

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