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bouillie

US/ˈbuji/

bouillie noun: a mixture; a paste.

Noun

bouillie (plural bouillies)

  1. (rare outside dated scientific or technical use) A mixture; a paste.
    • 99. Carbonate of Copper, CuCO₃ (bouillie bourguignonne).—Preparation.—By adding a solution of a copper salt to a solution of carbonate of soda. To convert 1 kilogramme of blue vitriol, CuSO₄5H₂O, into carbonate of copper, it requires theoretically 453 grammes of dry sodium carbonate or 1146 grammes...1913, Emmanuel Bourcart, “Chapter XVI: Copper aceto-arsenite (emerald green, Paris green)—copper arsenite (Scheele's green)—copper silicate—copper carbonate—bouillie bordelaise céleste—verdigris...

Forms of bouillie

pluralbouillies

Origin of bouillie

An unadapted borrowing from French bouillie.

Questions about bouillie

What does bouillie mean?
Bouillie means a mixture; a paste.
What part of speech is bouillie?
Bouillie is a noun.
How do you pronounce bouillie?
Bouillie is pronounced /ˈbuji/ (US).
What is the plural of bouillie?
The plural of bouillie is bouillies.

Words near bouillie in the dictionary

  1. Bouguer's law
  2. Bouie
  3. bouillabaisse
  4. bouillabaisses
  5. bouilli
  6. bouillie
  7. bouillion
  8. bouillions
  9. bouillis
  10. bouillon
  11. bouillon cube

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