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melba
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun melba has 1 sense
- melba(n = noun.person) dame nellie melba, helen porter mitchell - Australian operatic soprano (1861-1931); Array is a kind of coloratura, coloratura soprano
OXFORD DICTIONARY
melba, n.
Idiom
do a Melba Austral. sl.
1 return from retirement.
2 make several farewell appearances. Melba sauce a sauce made from pur{eacute}ed raspberries thickened with icing sugar. Melba toast very thin crisp toast. peach Melba a dish of ice-cream and peaches with liqueur or sauce.
1 return from retirement.
2 make several farewell appearances. Melba sauce a sauce made from pur{eacute}ed raspberries thickened with icing sugar. Melba toast very thin crisp toast. peach Melba a dish of ice-cream and peaches with liqueur or sauce.
Etymology
Dame Nellie Melba, Austral. operatic soprano d. 1931
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