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gâche

UK/ɡɒʃ/

gâche noun: a type of traditional fruitcake. (Often as Guernsey gâche.).

Noun

gâche (countable and uncountable, plural gâches)

  1. (Guernsey) A type of traditional fruitcake. (Often as Guernsey gâche.)
    • A huge Guernsey gache, which is a sort of fruit cake, was flanked by plates and baskets of figs, grapes, nectarines, peaches, and raspberries.1938, National Geographic, volume LXXIII
    • She said I could go on the Sunday afternoon, and she would make a gâche I could take to him.1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 48

Forms of gâche

pluralgâches

Origin of gâche

Borrowed from Norman gâche.

Words that rhyme with gâche

12 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about gâche

What does gâche mean?
Gâche means a type of traditional fruitcake. (Often as Guernsey gâche.).
What part of speech is gâche?
Gâche is a noun.
How do you pronounce gâche?
Gâche is pronounced /ɡɒʃ/ (UK).
What is the plural of gâche?
The plural of gâche is gâches.

Words near gâche in the dictionary

  1. Gádor
  2. Gáe Bolg
  3. Gáe Bolga
  4. Gáe Bulg
  5. Gáe Bulga
  6. gâche
  7. gâches
  8. Gârbou
  9. Gârbova
  10. Gârbău
  11. Gârceni

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