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mousselike

mousselike adjective: resembling or characteristic of mousse, especially in consistency.

Adjective

mousselike (comparative more mousselike, superlative most mousselike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of mousse, especially in consistency.
    • Attributed to Carême, the well-known 19th-century chef, mousselike charlottes were held together with gelatin and often set in molds lined with ladyfingers.2009 June 21, Amanda Hesser, “Strawberry Charlotte, 1947”, in New York Times

Forms of mousselike

comparativemore mousselike
superlativemost mousselike

Origin of mousselike

From mousse + -like.

Questions about mousselike

What does mousselike mean?
Mousselike means resembling or characteristic of mousse, especially in consistency.
What part of speech is mousselike?
Mousselike is an adjective.

Words near mousselike in the dictionary

  1. moussaka
  2. moussakas
  3. Moussata
  4. mousse
  5. moussed
  6. mousselike
  7. mousseline
  8. mousseline de laine
  9. mousseline de laines
  10. mousselines
  11. mousselines de laine

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