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cascaron

cascaron noun: an eggshell filled with confetti to be thrown during balls, carnivals, etc, chiefly in Mexico and the southwestern US.

Noun

cascaron (plural cascarons)

  1. An eggshell filled with confetti to be thrown during balls, carnivals, etc, chiefly in Mexico and the southwestern US.

Forms of cascaron

pluralcascarons
alternative formcascarón

Origin of cascaron

Borrowed from Spanish cascarón (“eggshell”).

Questions about cascaron

What does cascaron mean?
Cascaron means an eggshell filled with confetti to be thrown during balls, carnivals, etc, chiefly in Mexico and the southwestern US.
What part of speech is cascaron?
Cascaron is a noun.
What is the plural of cascaron?
The plural of cascaron is cascarons.

Words near cascaron in the dictionary

  1. cascara sagrada
  2. cascaras
  3. cascarilla
  4. cascarillas
  5. cascarillin
  6. cascaron
  7. cascarons
  8. cascaroside
  9. cascarosides
  10. cascarón
  11. cascaróns

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