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cranachan

/ˈkɹæ.nə.kən/

cranachan noun: a traditional Scottish dessert made with whipped cream, whisky, oatmeal, honey, and raspberries.

Noun

cranachan (countable and uncountable, plural cranachans)

  1. A traditional Scottish dessert made with whipped cream, whisky, oatmeal, honey, and raspberries.
    Synonyms:
    Athole brose

Synonyms of cranachan

Forms of cranachan

pluralcranachans

Origin of cranachan

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic crannachan.

Questions about cranachan

What does cranachan mean?
Cranachan means a traditional Scottish dessert made with whipped cream, whisky, oatmeal, honey, and raspberries.
What part of speech is cranachan?
Cranachan is a noun.
How do you pronounce cranachan?
Cranachan is pronounced /ˈkɹæ.nə.kən/.
What is the plural of cranachan?
The plural of cranachan is cranachans.

Words near cranachan in the dictionary

  1. Cramér's conjecture
  2. Cramér-Rao bound
  3. Cramér-Rao bounds
  4. cran
  5. cran-
  6. cranachan
  7. cranachans
  8. cranage
  9. cranages
  10. cranapple
  11. cranberried

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