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crouton

UK/ˈkɹuːtɒn//ˈkɹutɑn/

crouton noun: a small, often seasoned, piece of dry or fried bread.

crouton: a small, often seasoned, piece of dry or fried bread
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Noun

crouton (plural croutons)

  1. A small, often seasoned, piece of dry or fried bread.
  2. (slang, African-American Vernacular) A Glock switch.

Examples of crouton in a sentence

  • The essential ingredients of salad lyonnaise are bacon, croutons and poached egg.
  • Those unfortunate herrings notwithstanding, other companies have found success with kosher-for-Passover bagels, pizza, croutons — and bacon.
  • Lunch: beefaroni or chili mac, garden salad with croutons, assorted dressing, whole-wheat bulochky, fruit cup.

All 12 example sentences with crouton

Forms of crouton

pluralcroutons
alternative formcroûton

Origin of crouton

Unadapted borrowing from French croûton. Compare croute.

Words formed from crouton

Words that rhyme with crouton

Questions about crouton

What does crouton mean?
Crouton means a small, often seasoned, piece of dry or fried bread.
What part of speech is crouton?
Crouton is a noun.
How do you pronounce crouton?
Crouton is pronounced /ˈkɹuːtɒn/ (UK).
What is the plural of crouton?
The plural of crouton is croutons.

Words near crouton in the dictionary

  1. crout
  2. crouth
  3. Crouthamel
  4. Crouthamels
  5. crouths
  6. crouton
  7. croutons
  8. Crouts
  9. crouzeliine
  10. Crouzon
  11. Crouzon syndrome

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