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bostock

bostock noun: stale brioche, spread with almond cream and sliced almonds and then baked.

bostock: stale brioche, spread with almond cream and sliced almonds and then baked
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Noun

bostock (countable and uncountable, plural bostocks)

  1. Stale brioche, spread with almond cream and sliced almonds and then baked
    • To make a single portion of bostock, cut a slice of brioche ½ to ¾ inch thick.2006, Dorie Greenspan, Baking: From My Home to Yours, New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 50
    • It was also where I had my first taste of bostock, a French pastry originally devised as a thrifty way to use up stale brioche.2019 July 6, Tamal Ray, “Tamal Ray’s recipe for brioche bostock”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2019

Proper noun capitalized: Bostock

Bostock (countable and uncountable, plural Bostocks)

  1. A surname.
  2. A civil parish in Cheshire West and Chester district, Cheshire, England. Bostock Hall and the village of Bostock Green are within the parish.

Examples of bostock in a sentence

  • It’s walk-up only, so plan on enjoying your tarts, bostocks, sourdough loaves, and coffee (drip only; no espresso drinks) elsewhere.2023, Trevor Felch, Denise M. Leto, Daniel Mangin, San Francisco (Fodor’s Travel), 32nd edition, →ISBN:
  • Stale pastries never seem to be a problem in my house, so I buy sliced brioche to make these bostocks: think of them as a hybrid of a brioche bun and an almond croissant.2023, Rosie Steer, “[Imbolc] Marmalade Bostocks”, in Slow Seasons: A Creative Guide to Reconnecting with Nature the Celtic Way, London...

Forms of bostock

Noun
pluralbostocks
Proper noun
pluralBostocks

Origin of bostock

From French bostock, of uncertain origin; Russian восто́к (vostók, “east”) has been suggested.

Phrases with bostock

Questions about bostock

What does bostock mean?
Bostock means stale brioche, spread with almond cream and sliced almonds and then baked.
How do you use bostock in a sentence?
It’s walk-up only, so plan on enjoying your tarts, bostocks, sourdough loaves, and coffee (drip only; no espresso drinks) elsewhere.
What part of speech is bostock?
Bostock can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of bostock?
The plural of bostock is bostocks.

Words near bostock in the dictionary

  1. Bosticks
  2. bostin
  3. bostin'
  4. bosting
  5. Bostobrick
  6. bostock
  7. Bostock Green
  8. bostocks
  9. Bostocks Creek
  10. Boston
  11. Boston baked beans

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