soufflé

[soo-fley, soo-fley]

souf·flé

[soo-fley, soo-fley] noun, adjective, verb, souf·fléed, souf·flé·ing.
noun
1.
a light baked dish made fluffy with beaten egg whites combined with egg yolks, white sauce, and fish, cheese, or other ingredients.
2.
a similar dish made with fruit juices, chocolate, vanilla, etc., and served as dessert.
adjective
3.
Also, souf·fléed. puffed up; made light, as by beating and cooking.

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verb (used with object)
4.
to make (food) puffed up and light, as by beating and cooking, adding stiffly beaten egg whites, etc.; make resemble a soufflé: to soufflé leftover mashed potatoes.

Origin:
1805–15; < French, noun use of past participle of souffler to blow, puff < Latin sufflāre to breathe on, blow on

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soufflé (ˈsuːfleɪ)
 
n
1.  a very light fluffy dish made with egg yolks and stiffly beaten egg whites combined with cheese, fish, etc
2.  a similar sweet or savoury cold dish, set with gelatine
 
adj
3.  made light and puffy, as by beating and cooking
 
[C19: from French, from souffler to blow, from Latin sufflāre]

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