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vols-au-vent

vols-au-vent 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 vols-au-vent

What is vols-au-vent the plural of?
Vols-au-vent is the plural of vol-au-vent.

Words near vols-au-vent in the dictionary

  1. volplanes
  2. volplaning
  3. Volpone
  4. Volpones
  5. vols
  6. vols-au-vent
  7. vols.
  8. Volsce
  9. Volsces
  10. Volsci
  11. Volscian

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