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tourte

tourte noun: a kind of French pie.

Noun

tourte (plural tourtes)

  1. A kind of French pie.
    • Make a Godiveaux farce as for the tourte under that name; cut the fillet of a neck of mutton into thin slices, and a few onions in the same manner; put some of the Godiveaux in the bottom of the pie, then some of the mutton, and slices of onions upon it, […]1812, B. Clermont, The Professed Cook, page 371

Forms of tourte

pluraltourtes

Origin of tourte

Borrowed from French tourte.

Questions about tourte

What does tourte mean?
Tourte means a kind of French pie.
What part of speech is tourte?
Tourte is a noun.
What is the plural of tourte?
The plural of tourte is tourtes.

Words near tourte in the dictionary

  1. tours d'horizon
  2. tours de force
  3. tours of duty
  4. tourscape
  5. tourscapes
  6. tourte
  7. tourtes
  8. tourtiere
  9. tourtieres
  10. tourtière
  11. tourtières

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