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Nanaimo bar

Nanaimo bar noun: a chilled dessert confection consisting of a chocolate crumb-based layer, covered by a layer of custard icing, and topped with a layer of smooth chocolate.

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Noun

Nanaimo bar (plural Nanaimo bars)

  1. (Canada) A chilled dessert confection consisting of a chocolate crumb-based layer, covered by a layer of custard icing, and topped with a layer of smooth chocolate.
    • Today, Nanaimo's signature cuisine is a little sweeter. That would be the Nanaimo bar, a layered custard, coconut and chocolate confection that originated in 1952 and put the little town on the map.2009 October 8, Reb Stevenson, “Travel: Rejuvenated Nanaimo now a place to be”, in Toronto Star, Canada, retrieved 26 Jan 2016

Forms of Nanaimo bar

pluralNanaimo bars

Origin of Nanaimo bar

Probably from the name of the city Nanaimo (British Columbia, Canada).

Questions about Nanaimo bar

What does Nanaimo bar mean?
Nanaimo bar means a chilled dessert confection consisting of a chocolate crumb-based layer, covered by a layer of custard icing, and topped with a layer of smooth chocolate.
What part of speech is Nanaimo bar?
Nanaimo bar is a noun.
What is the plural of Nanaimo bar?
The plural of Nanaimo bar is Nanaimo bars.

Words near Nanaimo bar in the dictionary

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  2. nanaerobic
  3. Nanai
  4. Nanaic
  5. Nanaimo
  6. Nanaimo bar
  7. Nanaimo bars
  8. nanaji
  9. nanajis
  10. Nanakian
  11. Nanako

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