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faux gras

faux gras noun: a vegetarian alternative to foie gras, made with walnuts, mushrooms, etc.

Noun

faux gras (uncountable)

  1. A vegetarian alternative to foie gras, made with walnuts, mushrooms, etc.

Origin of faux gras

Blend of faux + foie gras. (In French, faux gras would mean "false fat".)

Questions about faux gras

What does faux gras mean?
Faux gras means a vegetarian alternative to foie gras, made with walnuts, mushrooms, etc.
What part of speech is faux gras?
Faux gras is a noun.

Words near faux gras in the dictionary

  1. faux ami
  2. faux amis
  3. faux bois
  4. faux Cyrillic
  5. faux frais
  6. faux gras
  7. Faux News
  8. faux pas
  9. faux queen
  10. faux queens
  11. faux-hawk

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