meringue

Speech parts

1. meringue - Noun

2. meringue - Verb

Meaning

A delicate pastry made of powdered sugar and the whites of eggs whipped up, -- with jam or cream added.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

citron mallow head lime sweet honey cake foam jam gelatin candy jelly glaze icing lemonade
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Antonyms

solution interpretation explanation clarification explication

Hypernyms

topping

Phrases with the word

zesty meringue pie lemon cream meringue pie fluffy meringue citrus meringue pie tangy meringue pie

Anagrams

greenium

Examples

Comedy just pokes at problems, rarely confronts them squarely. Drama is like a plate of meat and potatoes, comedy is rather the dessert, a bit like meringue. Woody Allen

I like the lemon meringue pie but I don't like the way Americans leave out the 'r' at the end of a word. Frank McCourt

In all my work, I try to say - 'You may be given a load of sour lemons, why not try to make a dozen lemon meringue pies?' Maya Angelou

A meringue is really nothing but a foam. And what is a foam after all, but a big collection of bubbles? And what's a bubble? It's basically a very flimsy little latticework of proteins draped with water. We add sugar to this structure, which strengthens it. But things can, and do, go wrong. Alton Brown

So many self-help ideas are like meringue - you take a big bite, and there's nothing there. Deborah Norville

Adults have a meringue battle at midnight at the historic Plaça de les Cols in the mysterious sortida del Moixo Foguer, (the outing of Little-Bird-Bonfire) accompanied by the Xerraire (jabberer) who insults the crowd. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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