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vol-au-vents

vol-au-vents is the plural of vol-au-vent.

Meaning of vol-au-vent

Noun

vol-au-vent (plural vol-au-vent or vol-au-vents or vols-au-vent)

  1. A small circular piece of puff pastry with a hole for various fillings, such as mushrooms, prawns, fruit, cheese, etc.
    • Ray Carling: Some nicely chilled Blue Nun and some vol-au-vents? This is Manc the Knife, is it?...
      Chris Skelton: What's a vol-au-vent?...
      Ray: It's a puff pastry shell filled with a savory meat mixture...
      Chris: You mean a pie, then?2007 March 13, Ashley Pharoah, Life on Mars, Season 2, Episode 4

Questions about vol-au-vents

What is vol-au-vents the plural of?
Vol-au-vents is the plural of vol-au-vent.

Words near vol-au-vents in the dictionary

  1. Vokzalna
  2. vol
  3. vol au vent
  4. vol%
  5. vol-au-vent
  6. vol-au-vents
  7. vol.
  8. vola
  9. volable
  10. volador
  11. voladora

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