mousseline

[moos-leen]

mousse·line

[moos-leen]
noun
1.
Also called Chantilly, Chantilly sauce. hollandaise sauce mixed with whipped cream.
2.
any prepared dish made light and fluffy or airy, as by the mixing in of whipped cream or beaten egg whites.
adjective
3.
prepared or served with whipped cream.

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Mousseline is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.

Origin:
< French: literally, muslin
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mousse·line

[moos-leen]
noun French.
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mousseline (French muslin)
 
n
1.  a fine fabric made of rayon or silk
2.  a type of fine glass
3.  short for mousseline sauce
 
[C17: French: muslin]

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