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dacquoise

/dækˈwɑːz/

dacquoise noun: a dessert cake made with layers of almond and hazelnut meringue and whipped cream or buttercream, typically served chilled with fruit.

dacquoise: a dessert cake made with layers of almond and hazelnut meringue and whipped cream or buttercream,...
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Noun

dacquoise (countable and uncountable, plural dacquoises)

  1. A dessert cake made with layers of almond and hazelnut meringue and whipped cream or buttercream, typically served chilled with fruit.
    • Call Natalie at Glorious Foods and tell her no for the 40th time. No! I don't want dacquoise. I want tortes filled with warm rhubarb compote.2006, Aline Brosh McKenna, Lauren Weisberger, The Devil Wears Prada, spoken by Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep)

Forms of dacquoise

pluraldacquoises

Origin of dacquoise

From French dacquoise, feminine of dacquois (“from the French town of Dax”), the origin of the dessert.

Words that rhyme with dacquoise

Questions about dacquoise

What does dacquoise mean?
Dacquoise means a dessert cake made with layers of almond and hazelnut meringue and whipped cream or buttercream, typically served chilled with fruit.
What part of speech is dacquoise?
Dacquoise is a noun.
How do you pronounce dacquoise?
Dacquoise is pronounced /dækˈwɑːz/.
What is the plural of dacquoise?
The plural of dacquoise is dacquoises.

Words near dacquoise in the dictionary

  1. Dacotah
  2. Dacotahs
  3. Dacotas
  4. Dacquisto
  5. Dacquistos
  6. dacquoise
  7. dacquoises
  8. Dacre
  9. Dacres
  10. dacrocystorhinostomy
  11. dacrocyte

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