escargatoire
escargatoire noun: a nursery for snails.
Noun
escargatoire (plural escargatoires)
- A nursery for snails.
- A large number of snails.
- Even Seraphine was excited to find a grotto for the Virgin Mary behind a silverbeet forest, Buddha, Ganesh and an escargatoire of snails in attendance.2013, Sarah Laing, The Fall of Light, Penguin Random House New Zealand
- It isn’t just one slow driver in the left lane, it is an escargatoire of snails in no hurry and oblivious to the ire they create in the heavy-footed drivers trapped behind them.2018 October 26, SLt M.X. Déry, “What drives me crazy? Snails in the left lane”, in Lookout, archived from the original on 26 Jul 2026
- Synonyms:
- rout
escargatoire meaning in Tamil
escargatoire in Tamil
- நத்தைப் பண்ணை
Synonyms of escargatoire
Forms of escargatoire
| plural | escargatoires |
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Origin of escargatoire
Borrowed from French escargatoire.
Questions about escargatoire
- What does escargatoire mean?
- Escargatoire means a nursery for snails.
- What is escargatoire in Tamil?
- Escargatoire in Tamil is நத்தைப் பண்ணை. See Escargatoire meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is escargatoire?
- Escargatoire is a noun.
- What is the plural of escargatoire?
- The plural of escargatoire is escargatoires.
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