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Boston cream

Boston cream adjective: of a bready/cakey foodstuff; having been glazed in chocolate and filled with custard.

Adjective

Boston cream (not comparable)

  1. Of a bready/cakey foodstuff; having been glazed in chocolate and filled with custard

Origin of Boston cream

Ellipsis of Boston cream pie. From being like a Boston cream pie (a type of cake).

Questions about Boston cream

What does Boston cream mean?
Boston cream means of a bready/cakey foodstuff; having been glazed in chocolate and filled with custard.
What part of speech is Boston cream?
Boston cream is an adjective.

Words near Boston cream in the dictionary

  1. Boston butt
  2. Boston butts
  3. Boston Classicists
  4. Boston crab
  5. Boston crabs
  6. Boston cream
  7. Boston cream donut
  8. Boston cream donuts
  9. Boston cream doughnut
  10. Boston cream doughnuts
  11. Boston cream pie

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