makowiec
makowiec noun: a Polish cake (flat or rolled) layered with poppy seed-based paste.
Noun
makowiec (countable and uncountable, plural makowce)
- A Polish cake (flat or rolled) layered with poppy seed-based paste.
- MAKOWIEC. (Poppy-seed. roll).1957, Sula Benet, Festive recipes and festival menus, page 147
- If you have a cookie spatula, slide it under the makowiec and transfer it to the baking pan.2007, Greg Patent, A Baker's Odyssey, page 219
Examples of makowiec in a sentence
- Her makowiec was the best I have ever tasted.2011, Frank Cebulski, Lonely Nights and Wild Women: Concrete Visual Shaped Poems, page 54:
- Makowiec goes against most traditional bread-making principles in that it uses a yeast dough but doesn’t give it a final rise.2025 October 14, Laurel Kratochvila, “Poppy Seed Roll: Makowiec”, in Dobre Dobre: Baking from Poland and Beyond, San Francisco, Calif....
Forms of makowiec
| plural | makowce |
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Origin of makowiec
Unadapted borrowing from Polish makowiec.
Questions about makowiec
- What does makowiec mean?
- Makowiec means a Polish cake (flat or rolled) layered with poppy seed-based paste.
- How do you use makowiec in a sentence?
- Her makowiec was the best I have ever tasted.
- What part of speech is makowiec?
- Makowiec is a noun.
- What is the plural of makowiec?
- The plural of makowiec is makowce.
Words near makowiec in the dictionary
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