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mousse
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun mousse has 3 senses
- mousse(n = noun.food) Array - a rich, frothy, creamy dessert made with whipped egg whites and heavy cream; Array is a kind of afters, dessert, sweet
- mousse(n = noun.food) Array - a light creamy dish made from fish or meat and set with gelatin; Array is a kind of dish
- mousse(n = noun.artifact) hair gel, hair mousse - toiletry consisting of an aerosol foam used in hair styling; Array is a kind of toilet articles, toiletry
has particulars: chocolate mousse
has particulars: fish mousse, chicken mousse
Derived form verb mousse1
Verb mousse has 1 sense
- mousse(v = verb.body) gel - apply a styling gel to; "she mousses her hair" is one way to groom, neaten
Derived form noun mousse3
Sample sentence:
They mousse their hair
CIDE DICTIONARY
mousse, n. [F.].
- A frozen dessert of a frothy texture, made of sweetened and flavored whipped cream, sometimes with the addition of egg yolks and gelatin. Mousse differs from ice cream in being beaten before -- not during -- the freezing process. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- Any of a variety of foods whipped to a light texture; as, a salmon mousse. [PJC]
- A foam containing special chemicals, used for styling hair. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mousse, n.
1 a a dessert of whipped cream, eggs, etc., usu. flavoured with fruit or chocolate. b a meat or fish pur{eacute}e made with whipped cream etc.
2 a preparation applied to the hair enabling it to be styled more easily.
1 a a dessert of whipped cream, eggs, etc., usu. flavoured with fruit or chocolate. b a meat or fish pur{eacute}e made with whipped cream etc.
2 a preparation applied to the hair enabling it to be styled more easily.
Etymology
F, = moss, froth
THESAURUS
mousse
Charlotte, Jell-O, blancmange, breakers, candy, carrot pudding, chocolate mousse, collar, comfit, compote, confection, confectionery, confiture, conserve, custard, duff, flan, foam, frosting, froth, gelatin, glaze, head, honey, icing, jam, jelly, junket, lather, marmalade, meringue, offscum, plum pudding, preserve, pudding, puff, rennet, scud, scum, sea foam, soapsuds, souffle, spindrift, spoondrift, spray, spume, steamed pudding, stinging, suds, surf, sweet, sweet stuff, sweetmeat, sweets, syllabub, tapioca pudding, trifle, tutti-frutti, vanilla pudding, whipped cream, white water
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