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flans

flans is the plural of flan.

flans is the third-person singular simple present indicative of flan.

Meaning of flan

Noun (1)

flan (plural flans)

  1. (Australia, UK) A baked tart with a sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case.
    • The menu includes a number of excellent fish dishes such as the […] broccoli flan.2004, Shawn Blore, Alexandra de Vries, Frommer's Brazil, →ISBN, page 175
  2. (Belize, US) A dessert of congealed custard, often topped with caramel, especially popular in Spanish-speaking countries.
    Synonyms:
    crème caramel
  3. A coin die.

Noun (2)

flan (plural flans)

  1. (informal, slang) A fan of the U.S. TV series Firefly.
    • (some) Firefly flans call themselves Browncoats (Remember, the hot movie from Universal is out this September! :)2005 January 29, P. Burrows, “Re: Name for Lost fans?”, in rec.arts.sf.tv (Usenet)
    Synonyms:
    Browncoat

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Questions about flans

What is flans the plural of?
Flans is the plural of flan.

Words near flans in the dictionary

  1. flanno
  2. flannos
  3. flanny
  4. flanque
  5. flanques
  6. flans
  7. Flansburg
  8. Flansburgs
  9. Flansy
  10. flaouna
  11. flaounes

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