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stiff peaks

stiff peaks noun: firm tips (of whipping cream or egg whites) which have been beaten and are so aerated that they stand up straight.

Noun

stiff peaks pl (normally plural, singular stiff peak)

  1. (plural, plural-normally) Firm tips (of whipping cream or egg whites) which have been beaten and are so aerated that they stand up straight.
    • Whisk your egg whites until you have stiff peaks and then the bowl can be held upside down over your head and the egg whites stay put.

Forms of stiff peaks

singularstiff peak

Questions about stiff peaks

What does stiff peaks mean?
Stiff peaks means firm tips (of whipping cream or egg whites) which have been beaten and are so aerated that they stand up straight.
What part of speech is stiff peaks?
Stiff peaks is a noun.

Words near stiff peaks in the dictionary

  1. stiff cheddar
  2. stiff man syndrome
  3. stiff neck
  4. stiff necks
  5. stiff peak
  6. stiff peaks
  7. stiff person syndrome
  8. stiff porridge
  9. stiff porridges
  10. stiff shit
  11. stiff sickness

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