blancmange
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++blanc·mange /bləˈmɒnʒ, -ˈmɒndʒ $ -ˈmɑː-/ noun [countable, uncountable] British English DFFa cold sweet food made from cornflour, milk, and sugar 牛奶冻〔用玉米粉、牛奶和糖制成的甜食〕 SYN American English pudding
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blancmange• This exercise is helpful for those whose bottoms have grown to resemble a blancmange.• A car is heterogeneous: unlike a blancmange, almost any portion of the car is different from other portions.• Puds with flair include almond blancmange and bread-and-butter pudding; the long, shrewd wine list starts at £6.90.• After a period of some 45min, the vat appeared full of blancmange.• She looks like a double helping of pink blancmange, and about as exciting.• Santorini is about as stable as the proverbial blancmange.• She hit the blancmange of the shoreline, bounced over it and flew sprawling into some bushes.• It scared and disgusted her the way every male she met suddenly started ogling the blancmange under her blouse.Origin blancmange (1300-1400) Old French blanc mangier “white food”blanc·mange nounChineseSyllable
cold food cornflour, Corpus from milk, and sweet sugar a made
blancmange
blanc‧mange /bləˈmɒnʒ, -ˈmɒndʒ $ -ˈmɑː-/
noun [uncountable and countable] British English
SYN pudding American English
blanc‧mange /bləˈmɒnʒ, -ˈmɒndʒ $ -ˈmɑː-/
noun [uncountable and countable] British English Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: blanc mangier 'white food'
a cold sweet food made from cornflour, milk, and sugar Language: Old French
Origin: blanc mangier 'white food'
SYN pudding American English